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the council agenda. The other is
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him accept the alternative
tioned in the letterif"
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be reached this afternoon  un
3-2709. About 9 o&#39;clock I mithe office. Am. 2-5620.  »
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signed R. S. Lynd, appears to be the answer to the
memorandum: <
"In re Georgia matter:
I breahfasted with Frank Graham 10/9/kl:bOf
! He is decidedly interested and helpful;
can count on him.
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investigate and report on the Georgia matterV._V;§%[email protected]§;;QV;,_g?Qthey are performing a service to entire
the country will await their recommend&#39;ns,],jforVéth.is,a.-;;l%j;l.,;_A;;;_;;;;matter of naticnal concern. The Amer. Co1n_&#39;._,__despite:"thg§i§§+enational concern, does not desire at thisp"p1t~.f"t.to,&#39;con_fuse%e§Vfthe sit&#39;n by enabling Gov. 1&#39;. to plead sectiona_l_/&#39;erence,- but it hopes that the- .&#39;0mm. of the"S&#39;n.,As&#39;s&#39;n&#39;"~&#39;~*??will call upon it if it can be of assistance. _ il
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con. will meet the issue squarely, as, for the sake o,f,;so:;"f;&#39;=;1*jt~§*~the Univ. of Georgia and all Amer. public edYn, decisive§V1V,i&#39;;f;?§:¢iaction appears to be called._,for. The Am. Con. hopesparticularly that a minority report will not be necessary;;§g;§§but that-the-Com: of-the-S-&#39;nAss-&#39;n-wtli stand -nor doesseem to the Aner. Con. that a tenporizing step, such asthe recommendation simply to put the Univ. of Ga. on-*V&#39;probation, will be most constructive." . ~
 Note: Preceding is recalled only roughlyfrom the form of letter Graham suggested. It sh&#39;d
be taken too literally as a form. He did speak speci,f7y;,$?f;1of our saying "No minority report." Graham believes &#39;
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intenference from Forth, each of then
each aenber qf 8&#39;n 1ss&#39;n&#39;s eosaittee
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probation. ~! Io minority report.! A
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light be.worth while to throw out hi
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hin-ahid be marked @Pers&#39;l Q Gonfident&#39;l."
 8! The issue has to cone up at!
S&#39;n Aas&#39;n in Dec.
 9! Graham says better to neet issue on a
South&#39;n basis before on a nat&#39;l, as Iblmadge will use
outaide  Northern! interference to whip up a popular caeevs. action- e * b-
. 0! A final pt., which we lust not mentionletters as a rumor: &#39; "
Graham has heard  I think frosqtheAll nan! that the S&#39;n ass&#39;n Gan. inte - ring n a
ninorit d l sibl eing thev u
Graham over ong- s ance p one there&#39;s no"chance?qf* &#39;this; Graham hopes he&#39;s right, but it: still a poesibil
Sorry this is so sprawled out.! Grahan
nust be kept out of it, i.e. not be a source of
etc. He is enphat&#39;y for giving the South ahouse before thing made a Iat&#39;l issue. 
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The 19h2 edition of "2Oth Century Authors" reflected Leo§Q
Rosten&#39;s,comments in his autobiography concerning Hollywood: 5§;§f
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"I was aching to do a serious study of the film co1qq,*a
and the motion picture industry. A Carnegie grant in 1939 madeiii
this possible, and with an excellent research staff we began ourlabors." &#39; &#39; A 1.
The excellent research staff was composed of Herbert
Blumer, Harold D. Lasswell, Robert S. Lynd, and Louis Wirth,
. Robert Lynd is mentioned in the following pages of Appendi
Communist Front Organizations,  edited by the Special Committee on U
Activities, House of Representatives, 78th Congress, Second Session,
326, 329, 332, 331+, 35h, 361+, 388, A52, 576, 635, 561+, 661+, 709, -770
1096, 1125, 1200, 1207, 1210, 1212, 1215, 1229, 1379, 1388, 16h8- H
member of the American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Free
a Communist Front Organization, a signer of a petition to discontinu
Dies Committee on Un-American Activities  p.332!; a sponsor of the F
National Conference of the American Committee for Protection of Fore
an organization founded by the Communist Party in order to exploit rdivisions in th£1United States  p.354!; he supported the American Cc
for Friendship &#39;th the Soviet Union, a Communist-front organization
is a member of:the Board of Directors of the American Investors Unio
Communist-front organization  p.388!; and was a member of numerous o
Communist-front organizations. . **i~ C .
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Personnel files, Foreign
Economic Administration,
. Washington, D. C.
, T - 1  Confidential files, Civil Service Commission!
advised that Mr. R. S. Lynd of Columbia University, New York
City, advised T - l by memorandum dated ll-7-#1, that he
unequivocally vouched for Habicht. He added, "Habicht can
see the whites and blacks in the Soviet situation without V
getting them scrambled.F &#39; _ , _ C,
T - l advised that the subversive files of
Civil Service Commission reflected the following:the
"R. 3. Lynd, signer Golden Book of FSU.&#39;
of the Consumers Union of U. S. 1938. Signer of the
supporting the right of Communistito hold city jobs.
of petitions sponsored by the_American Committee foran? International Freedom to discontinue19 9." V: D . ,
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the Bureau.
Included in these documents was a typewri
of an advertisement, source unknown, of "Science in
a Marxian Quarterlv" &#39; &#39; editors and contributors,
marginal notes b&#39; indicating those connected
the.Consumers Union. ong e contributors listed was b
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The "New York Times" for September 28, 1942,
advertisement on page nine bearing the caption "India-The
The following is quoted from the text of this"fadvertif&#39;seu;e_
"We therefore urge upon President Roosevelt and "&#39;npon"General&#39;
issino Chiang Kai-Shek that they recognize the interesttpolfthe Unitedin the Indian dilemma and that they use their good offices to ask 1§.ne;Government, the National Congress of India and other leaders to openconferences, with mutual determination to find that way_ of action which?-Vv
will most speedily bring India into the ranks of our allies bythe program of her independence."  ~
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Professor in Sociology, bia University, New
This rep t te th t because of informa V-v~
set forth therein as being added as a snbj
in this case. , . ~~@~"e~» ~
Confidential files of the U. s. Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C. reflected the results of in- ivestigtions conducted by that agency from March 23 to March
31, 19 3
m gave as references
- ofessor
Columbia Universi . e repor ther set out an
with Professor Lynd as fo1lows:&#39; are *&#39;~
"Professor Robert S. Lynd, Department of
Columbia-University, ty advised that he had
siderable contact wi
and having had tea aC on-
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to hear it.i I would be snrprised
I feel quite sure he is;not at
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the line I don&#39;t know. He is extremelya_
in labor and social changes; Hbwever,_if you mean aQarl Marx &#39; finitely say that
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and is what of a selfth d immature in her ideas. She
in Washington, D. C. for some government agencyG-A-Ai
The files of the Washington Field
the following information c nin" t S. Lyndir The "
report of Special Agent dated May l7,,l9%6,
reflects that Bela Gold a su H@mWQ?¢ se ent t d,
 te*: . "Gregory-Espionage-R," received a let
75 Central Park West, New_Ybrk-City,a i le
r from Robert S
ted April 25, l
&#39; The report of Special Agen
dated April 10, l9k6, entitledas above, r
unknown Professor Robert S. Lynd was contacted on an
Bela Gold, a subject in the Gregory case.
The report of Special _g-_
March 28, l9k6, entitled as above, re L
Robert S. Lynd, of Colubia University, New York City, was
given as a reference by Sonia Gold in her Civil Service
Application at Washington, D. C.
Washington Field Office files also e
Professor Robert S. Lynd and his wife, Helen
were listed as members and sponsors of the Na
of American Soviet Friendship and members of
Fascist Refugee Comittee.f B§pe;t;Lyna is
- Dies Committee report of l9#1.§T
&#39; g 4  BOD, Do C.. 9/17/Hg Re: "Nathan""""*"    "V""*S:l1vérmefster;**wi
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%!v! I> On Aprl 2, 1943, Confldentlal Informan furnshed
conoernung the offlcers and sponsors of the Netlo Councll of
Wnlendshlp, Incorporated, whose names were to_he publicly
1943 The following 1s quoted rem thls report:
"Among the sponsors are a number of reported
lncludlng .
Also lncluded 1n the 11st of sponsors are the following
actlve fellow-travelers . Prof. Robert S Lyn -
Re: "National Councll of
Soviet Fr1endsh1p, Incorporated
Internal Securlty-C"
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I »q11<>¢e spent an 110.111 wittalked over your script. S e _ s conc u_ e
tlie air because it was not a very good script, too,ir_adical,v;i;;&#39;__§;§:g%_.too political! which serves to emphasize the good jlad:2.&#39;smuddle-headed may make a word&#39;.1 &#39; so i"
he said I&#39;m see Washington on Tuesdayandam go to sk»--OFF t »oot@~ ur show
the aiI&#39; Ls me "tha old him
that ted about it. bert - Middletown!,o§@3§l§Lynd ld me that he had talked 1-Iit aSt week andtha rather pooh-poohed the idea of peop e functioning in 5that Morrow County! way. There is a powerful lot of lying if&#39; going on in relatively high places. Lynd, by the way, is
for this plan. He&#39;s ready to help get Muncie-his place -
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