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i e. @ Memorandum to Mr. Tolson from L. B. Nichols RE:\ SECURITY MATTER-C _ SY Ms conducting interviews on the part of the New York office; that the interview ! wae conducted as a Part of our Program whereby we seek not to interview | individuals in their own homes or Offices. Mrs,‘ was reported by con- } fidential informants as being a member of the Communist Party in 1934-42 and 1944, Informants have Teported she was in contact with Friends of the Soviet Union on February 17, 1941; member of Joint Board of the Teachers Union in 1941; member of American Association of Scientific Workers from 1941 to 1943; employed 1944, 1946 and 1947 by the Jefferson School of Social Science; that she had invoked the Fifth Amendment in appearances before the McCarthy Committee on May 25, 1953, and June 19, 1953; and in January, 1955, the State Department had declined to issue a Passport to her husband and her because of their refusal to furnish a non-Communist affidavit, I think the thing to do is for me to tell Levy confidentially for his own information and guidance that there were certain matters we wanted to resolve; that we felt it inadvisable to go to either her office or her home hecause we anticipated an antagonistic reception, so in all fairness we wanted to do what we could to resolve certain matters 48 we could avoid any controversy; that since she had Previously invoked the Fifth Amendment, there was not too much likelihood that she would furnish information; however, to resolve doubts, ‘df she acted in good faith and was sincere, we thought she would take no offense if we approached her on neutral gound without advance information; that if she declined te talk, no harm would be done and that here was another illustration that with some People it simply does not Pay to be polite and kind. I would like to give Levy her Communist Party Card #26195 in 1944; however, I think this AC. GAs: ke