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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT DES MOINES COMMIS? ACTIVITIES IM Toma syNopsisorracrs: Commmist Party of Iowa held *Destroy Hitler Rally" at... 0° ~ Des Mgines, Towa, July 12, 1942; 4spcakers werg Wrss) 7 poe) Gea ona tea, ANS) CARL MART aut f ty and Me ARSON. Atte: dy approximte moe 100 persons, Reference: Letter to Bureau from Des Moines dated 7/14/41. Details e At Des Moines, Iowa The follows tigation was conducted by Special aoe b Agents and the writer, 203 Pe , ; x ° 4 4 ~ A clipping taken from the Des Woines Register, dated “= 28 Witt » entitled "Plan Destroy Hitler Rally" stated . < & that the Communist Party of Tosa was sponsoring such * _ rally on the lawn of the Public Library at Des Moines, t +. . Towa, at 2:30 PM on Sunday, M, R. CARSON, Communist . .«. organizer for Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, was to be tha ‘ principal speaker, The handbill, according to the paper, announcing the meeting carried the slogan "Defend America , dy Giving Full Aid to the Soviet Union and Britain.® : 96 On Sunday afternoon, July 12, Agent and the b7? Ct ./ writer attended the fore mentioned r and observed . that the attendance at first averaged approximately 75 > individuals, practically all of whom were at least above 50 years of age and presenting an appearance indicat 2 thal. they more of Er circumstances and not of Tatlacetdal types BewciAL AomnT p DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACER LTTE Pies OF THIS REPORT ; : => _ ™ oy DH File 00 iP T-Se 2 ~ Omha(info)1 DM File \ . 2 - Kansas Cityl DM File 100-103% (Infgl DM File 100-4! 4 - Des Moines 1 DM File a, COPIES Nevrr ovens Zou US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941 ox