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This was originated at:
Memphis, TennesseeFile No.: 100-1535
Report Made at:
Memphis, Tennessee
Date when made: 11/13/42
Period for which made: 11-3, 5-42
Report made by: JCS
Title:
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CLUB OF NEGRO WOMEN
Jackson, Tennessee
Character of Case:
Internal Security - I
Synopsis of Facts:
Investigation based upon report by confidential informant that Negro women of Jackson, Tennessee were forming a club whose slogan was "not a cook in the kitchen by Christmas" resulted negatively. Original informant states that there was no basis for such a report.
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Details:
Investigation in this case is predicted upon information furnished to this office by Confidential Informant A who advised that information had been received by that informant to the effect that the negro women of Jackson, Tennessee had organized an Eleanor Roosevelt Club. Membership was reported in this club to be ten cents a week.
It was further stated by the informant that a negro cook who had worked for a XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXXX Street in Jackson, Tennessee for some time had resigned recently, stating she was a member of this club and that the slogan of this group was "not a cook in the kitchen by Christmas." The initials of the ___ referred to and the house number were not given.
AT JACKSON, TENNESSEE
A check of the Jackson, Tennessee City Director for 1942 lists only one family by the name of XXXXXXXX residing on Street in Jackson.
XXXXXXXX was contacted and stated that she had no maid and that she knew of no such incident as that referred to.
The writer then recontracted Confidential Informant A who stated he would endeavor to get further information concerning this matter from his original source of information.
Subsequent, Confidential Informant A advised that he had learned that the person who was supposed to have had the negro maid in question was XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX , Jackson, Tennessee.
Upon being contacted, XXXXXXXX stated that she had recently fired her maid but was at a loss to give any indication of how the rumor concerning the maid's alleged statement regarding the Eleanor Roosevelt Club had started. She advised definitely that no such incident had occurred.
In view of the above, no further investigation in this matter is being conducted and this case is being closed upon authorization of the Special Agent in Charge.
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