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The record suggests significant Communist infiltration of the organization under whose partnership Elliott Roosevelt was billed to speak, or that it is an old Communist front set up under a new title.

James Roosevelt is understood to have ended his allegiance to the Independent Citizens Committee when he was elected Democratic Party chairman in California. The ICC made a big [illegible] last March with announcements that Mr. Roosevelt would be director of organization in its drive to round up the independent vote. [illegible] was on the payroll at what his associate [illegible].

Mr. [illegible] was an independent Communist, big shot, [illegible] but he resigned last November, apparently because the organization was playing [illegible] with the Community party line.

Mrs. Roosevelt's experience with the fellow travelers was about like that of Mr. [illegible] which may be why [illegible] is so active in anti-Communist.


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