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CC-187 Mr. Toloo Mr.E.A. Tamm Mr. Cl+tt Federal Sureau af tnuestigation Mr. Glavin Hnited States Bepartment af Justire Mr. Ladd Mr. NAP Hashingtan, D. g. Mr. Ros.o Mr. Tracy. October 22, 1943 Mr. Csrsop. Hr. Cotley. 573-77 Ms. Hendon Mr. Kramer MEMORANDUM FOR _ THE DIRECTOR Mr. McGnlre Mr. Harbo RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL Mr. Quinn Tamm CIVIL RICHTS AND DOVESTIC VIOLENCE Tel.. Room Mr. Nesse There are attached for your information articles which Miss Boahm appeared in the yashington Times Herald and therieu York Daily Miss Gaady Mirror on October 19, l943. These articles bear the date line Springfield, Illincis, Cctober l8, l943, and set forth the allegation made by Ray Edmundson, President of the United Kine Workers Union, Springfield,. Illinois, that #somebody in Nashington is tapping our office telephones and my home phone." Edmundson continued by stating, according to these articles, that as a result of this practice, the Uw will establish an "underground pony. express" system of comuunication among Uw officials. The article in the Times Herald newspaper also contained the statement attributed to Edmundson the pony express.". The allegations of Edmundson, as set forth in the attached newspaper. articles, are, of course, absolutely false, as there have not been any technical surveillances of any kini employed in the investigation of this case and none I thought the Attorney General should be appropriately informed of the falsity of Edmundson's charges.. As you kmow, the Bureau has conducted an extensive investigation in. the captioned matter at the express request of the Attorney Ceneral to deter- mine if John L. Lewis and officials of the uw Union, together with Carl H. Pclshoff, owner of Kine B, Springfield, conspired in violation of the civil rights statutes to injure and oppress Elshoff's amployees in the free exercise. know, it was alleged that Lewis paid to Elshoff during the. F6103 years l937 to l94l, with the intent to inauce Eishoit to impose unfair labor practjces upon his employees who were at that time memvers of the rival union,/l. & ACTION RECOMENDEC: (- 35INDEXED ICTORY COPF? Respectful R424 JAN 1G 19 IOV 11 l943 Ldo