Walter Reuther Part 4

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. . With reterence to the contemplated action

on the part .of Madam Frances PerkinB, The Seereta.I7 . . ot Labor, to appoint Walter Reuther ae head of the Safety Device Board of the De~nt ot_Labor, which Board would make inquiry into eatety Gevices 1n Tarious factories throu~out the country, I am submitting herewith a memorandum containing information available in the files ot the Bureau concerning Walter P. Reuther,

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Victor Reuther in 1936 was a c. I.o. or{mll.zer at.'Flint., ltichigan, and Anderson, Indiana. Walter P. Reuther, a brother, 1tae at. that time president of Local No. 174 and is a C.I.O. West Side Detroit organizer. Roy Reuther, al.so a brother, was a C. I. 0. organizer at. Flint., Michigan. 1be Reuther brothers originally came fran West Virginia, at. which point their father was alleged to have been a labor organizer. As the result of this inrlu ence they became interested in social retom movements.

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eldest brothers, enrolled :1n Wayne University, 'Which they attended until 1933. It is alleged that they departed fran the United States for Russia at this time. Arter residing in Russia tor several months and while there, they engaged in studying Agitation Propaganda, which courses were allegedly given by the Soviet Union. 'lhe extent of their stay in Russia is not known, but upon their -return to the United States they enrolled in the .. Brookwood Labor College.

Victor Reuther is alleged to have instituted the strike at the Xelsey-Hayes Wheel Company in Detroit in December, 1936. '!he tactics he used consisted in securing a position "'l'ith the aforementioned eanpany and shortly thereafter beginning the "sit-dmm strike". He was alleged to be the principal agitator in rioting at Flint, Michigan, and was arrested with six others for inciting a riot. Be was released on $300.00 bond. Be 11as also an organizer :1n Anderson, IndiB.na •

.ls refiected by the files of the Identification Division of the Federal Bareau of Investigation, FBI l/l247324, the following is tbe cr:iminal. record of Victor Reuther:

As Victor Reuther, No. 16865, arrested Police Department, Flint, Michigan, January 16, 1937; charge, malicious destruction of property. --'+------

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job at tbe Ielae:r-Bal't• Wbee1 CCIIlp&IQ"; at 11hich ·place be wu wtniaent.al in ·assisting :tn lringing aboUt a •t.rib. abo~ after he obtained this position. · Bishop bad played· a 'ftr)" _ _ aetiw part in the 1936 •trikes and was taken into cutotV- ·· . .,. · .... :.;,~ .- ~~~ . ;_- __ _

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Attention is directed to the letter wri-tten b7 Victor and Yalter Reuther to Jlelnn Bishop and h:i!l 11ite wbarein reference ia aade to "Coach". ~1.8 reference is to Boy- Reuther. · .· _ 1be D.llllle ...u• refers to walter Reuther, who, it is recalled,

· _ 'W.S 1n Russia accCIIlpanied b.T Vietor Reuther. !he initia.llt · . _ Y.P .S.L. and c.c.c. JRentione~ Jt1 tbe last paragraph or the· - -· .. : - . : -

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~other Wal~ 1rent an a tour or Europe~ ~ding JI!UCb time • .in Russia~ where they worked 1n .factories and adviaed Soviet periJ~ an labor cmditions m the United States. It has al.so been alleged that the Reutller brotbei-s bad continued to

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,.!he instant article relates that "Reuther joined John L. · · :~<~· iil the c.I.O. ·Reuther came to Anderscm .trom Flmt~ .

Kicbigan~ where tws career was uotoriows. Be tor instaDce · . pve the orders to turn over a car belonging to Sher1.tt !ca

;1fo1cott in the streets or Flint. .ls - bave aaid before. he 'bas been under arrest .tor inciting to riot. Reuther's eammunist'ic training bas shown tbro'Dgb 1n every aspect or the Jnd.erBCID strib. (The And.erscm ltrike refers to tbe Guide

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,~-~ , GerliLany and was read rlth more than U5ual. intere~t by Wal. and I. : -:-: ·: . .. ·.· .. It seemed age~ eince we bad heard han you eo :you might well · .. ·, · .. -· imagine nth what joy- wel.caned new11 !'ran Detroit, It i.a pr&-

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other eources o~ the ri.a"ing d.Ucaitent of the American -.oncers, ma.lats "WI l.ong £or the mcment to he back rtth :you in the hont 1ines or the l!truggle; however, the daily inr>p:!ration that i.a oure aa we work 11ide by side nth our Rus!!ian ccmrades in .2lE £actory, the tb:lught that'"' are actually helping to boi1.d a

. 11ociecy that -.rill forever end the exp.loitaticn or man by man, .. the thought that what we are building rlll he !or the benefit and·

enjO}'!Ilent or the working cla.:ss, not only of ~sia, but the entirs worl.d, i.l! the ccmpen11ation Ye receiw !or our temporary &bsence !rom the struggle in the United Statee. .And l.et no cme tell :you

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that we are not on the road to 8ocial.:Un jn · the Savillt Uniail. • . ·- .. ~Let no one aay- that the -workers in the U.S.S.R. are not an the road to n=ity, enl1gh1:ment and happiness. ... '- ,·

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the l.iea o! reactionaries.· But l.et ae tell you, now that we are . · here !IMieing all: the· great construction, 11atohing a backtrard --" _. peasantry being trana!ormed into an enl1ghtened, democratic, . . eul.tured popol.UII ncnr that '"' have already experienced the t.bri.l.l. · ··· __,l~- .,· • . , _1;be aatia~action or participating in genuine prol.etsri&n democracy, -we are .are than jaat •JmPRthetic toward .2lE country, we are ready t9 fight !or it and ita ideal.s. .And 'llhy not? Here the -.orkens,

. through their militant l.aaderahip, the prol.etariJm dictat.=ship, haTe not aol.d out to the owning el.alla 11ke the S.P. in Gennany . and like the Labor Party in England, Here t.hey have aga~t all odds, againat !amine, againat internal. 11tri!e and civil -war, aga:lnllt sabotage, agai.n8t capitali.at invasion and aiol.B.tion, our caaradoes here haTe maintained power, they have "Wtlil OTer the mae~es, they ha"VIt trana!ormed the •clark ~~~&Sees• or RUIIrla into energetic

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ups. Here the li"orlcere are in centro~. Even the shop lrtlp8rlnt.endent ;: .. ~:.,:· .. has no more right in th&se meetings thim any otil&r ·wor'lcer, I beTa ·· -' ·

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ntnessed ms.ny t:im.es a.l.ready when the lluper:l.ntendent spoke too -~ong. the worlcers in the hall dec:tded he bad. already coi1111ntld ... -. enough t:im.e and th& !loar TRB. then given to a lathe band no ,: -. ,_ : ·-~ ·:.~ ; . told of "hill problems and ortered suggestions. Imagine th:ts at . . ... J:ords or at "Br:tggs. Thill ~ "Whai th& Outs:tde ll"orld calls the :~--."~: -~-:- :·_:.··-

'"Ruthless Di.ctatorl!lrlp in.Rus!li.a•~· I tell you, lllel, in all the · ··· cotiDtr:tes -we have thu!l !ar been in, -we have ne-ver fOliDd .-ach _____ .. genuine proletarian democracy, It ill unpolieh&d and crude1 ::_ '~~ _ "'~"?~_;-:->"· rough and rude 1 but proletarU:l -workers t democracy in every . respect. 'ftle -workers in England have more cultttre and polil!h 1lhen they speak at their meeting but they ha-ve no poorer. I pre!er the latter_. . .

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In ottr fa.ctory, "Which :1.15 the ·lat'g8et and most modern in Ettrope 1 and we have ~~een them all, there &rll no pictures of Yards a.nd Rocke!el.lere, ar Roosevelts IIDd llellcn. "!io eueh parasites, but rather huge. p:tct"a:ree o! Len1n, · ••• etc;, gree.t the workers' : eyee on every !!ide. "Red banner~~ -.::1. th a1ogans WWorlcera of the · . - " · ·- ~--; · ll"orld Unite• _are ~ped across the oranewaya. L1.ttle red n&gs !ly !rem the tops of presses, drill pres~es, lathe~, kel.lera 1 -etc. Such a. eight you have never seen be!ore •. ll"c:men and .m work side by s:tde -· the -wanen wi.th their red cloth about their heads, the -n -.::l.th their !ur hata. lre YOrk here lisTen hoare · · per day-1 !iTe days a 'week {ottr -week hare ~ 111x daJ!!. long). .J.t I100n -we all -tin a large factory restaurant~ llhol.ascne _ pl.a:l.n !ood ~ eervad. J. workers• bend f'urniahes muaic to 11.8 :.

· :!raa an adjoining rocn 'Whi.le - have dinoer. Yar the rena:lnder o! oar ons bottr l.unch per:tod- adjourn to the Red C19rner recre

. at:ton nere YOrkers play g&lll81!1 read pe.pers and magaziDes "ar · tecbni.oa1 books or mereJ.y a:tt1 IIIII.Oke and chat, 81lch a tine . ·.:~. : ·. spirit of OO!D=deahlp you ha-ve never before rltDessed in ~ l.lle. Superintendent leaders IIDd ordinary workers are all. uike·, I! you •- ottr superintendent 1.11 he walks through the ahop greeting -workers rlth "Hello Comrade" you coul.d· not d:tet:1ngu:1Jsh him !ran any other -.orker,

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all. times to pret~t oounter-revo1utionists fl'OIIl ea.rr,1ng on . t.beir sabotage. -· · - - : .. < · · .. : • :. . ~ '· • · .--: ·.- --..:: -- ... ·• - .. ·

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.&.bout a twent~ minute walk b-c:m tbe tactoey an entire1~ Dn" Soci.alj.at Cit7 baa grown up in these three ~ears~ . Here over so,ooo Dt the tacto17 workers liw in tine new moderQ apartlll!mt buildjnga. Large hospitals, schools, libraries, theaters and cl.ube have 8p!"Dllg up here and aJ;l ~or the use or those who work, tor w1 thout a worker • a card one cannot make use ot al1 the ae •odern .tacill.tiea. 1hree nights ago n were mrtted to the cl.ub house in •Seagor• (Socialist City) to attend~ nen1ng ot enjoJment gi.Ten 'b7 t.be workers of the ~ shop. · Imagine all the -workers with wbcm we dai.l7work, came toge~ :that ~g tar a fine . banquet, a atage performance, a cODeert, speeches, and a big dance. A d.1Tiaion of the Bed Arm:r was also present aa guests. In all "'llY . , . · lite, llal, I ban ~Um~r aeen an,-tlrlng so inspiring._ Jlel, ·once a :: ·_. ·,~· · ~ellolr bas seen what is possible where workers gain ponr, be DO

lmger tights just Lor an ideal,· be tights tar aanethi:ng which 1.a . real, acaathing tangible. lmagiDe, Jlel, Jlmlr;r Ford tbroriDg

. & bi& p&.rey tor b.ia alaftSe Jlere the part;r W&S DO gitt. of cbarit,-· __ frall acmeODe above tor we own the factory, !!!. he1d the· mee·ting and

. decided to baw the ,part7 and it. was paid tor .fraa tbe lnlrP1ua ' earniDga ot 2!!t deparialmt. 11hat our department does 1a t,pical.

ot the aoc1al actiri.ties which are being fostered tbrougbout. the entire _taetorr and the ctire -~~et _1Jn1 on •

Jlel, we are witneasing and experiencing great things m the U.S.S.R. Ye are seeing the most backward nation 1n the 1t0rld being rapidl~ transferred into tbe most 1110dem and scienti!ic with Dn' ocncepta And DeW •oc1al. ideals ccm1Dg into force. We are watchiDg ~ SocialiJal being taken dmm fran the books on the shelves and put into actua1 appllcation. 1lbo would not be in-~ b7 ncb nenta!

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~ooording to conUdential infomation Pe~··to the .. general. l.ribor lrl.toatian and eubverein actiTitiee in Detroit and en'V'!rcma oectii'rlng duriDg the month o! .liay, l.937, there 'WB.e a Conrerence !or the Protection o! Ch•:U Righte ,.W,ch ill an a!ril.1ate

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• 'WB.B in Detroit. Be •tated that he had travel.ed to !:urape approxim.a.teJ.y ~our yeare ago and bad epent !our months jn Gennany and two years in the Soviet Union 'Where he 'II'Cl"ked in a· factory. a. al.ao

· bad reeided in Chlna !or a 11hort period o:t: time.

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· ~ ~ · '( s-ta-ted -the man men-tioned above is Wal-ter eu-ther; ~ ~ D ±;5 he is a product; of JJetroi-t, probably a na·hve; · r ~· he has ~hree bro-thers, Vic-tor, George, and ifilliam;

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organized Nov.~. ~929 by-Walter P. Reuther, Merlin D. Bishop and lr:el.v:Ln Bishop. The purpose of the- . Ciub was i;c prov~de a greater dcg:-cc ~! cc:::::"e.d.e~h;p :·-····- : among the studeots who were world.ng part-time and · .. · ·. · was known by tJ:te_School as a racli.ru organi:z.a.tion.-·--- · __ . -·

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teachers who recall him sey- he had a nair !or public ~~peaking. According to our infor=tion, he was tmployed by- th.e Ford Yotor Company during thie time,· and graduated in ~t, ·1930. : · --o:·.: _ .. - . · ; .. -:·.--· - --

. . . . . . . ..: . .. -·. \ .. · -· -... "In September of 1930, Walter Reuther entered

Wayne Universi-cy, Detroit, from the Fordson H:igb Schoo~. For the t:lrst two years at lizyne, he carried a light course, which wruld incti.cate that he was working during this time~ In the last semester he was there, w.d.ing January ~933, he took a heavy course of seventeen hours of college crecti.t, which 110uld incti.- ---cate that he did 'not 1rork during this period. ~e at college he took the following subject!!:

. 3 crurses in Engl i eh 3 courses in Government 2 courses in History 2 crurses in Gezman 5 crurses in Eccnomics 1 .ecurse in Socio~ogy -o •

1 course in Criminology 1 cooree in PubliC: Speaking ..

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"In the five semesters in whi.ch he went to Wayne_, he earned si.x:cy' hours crecli.t -rd. th an honor rating of 131 which 1.8 better than a "B" average - in other 1r0rde1

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3> 1 ~932 when he qrl. t. Except tor normal. layoff's and a three months' ~eave oi' absence in 19281 when he said he wanted to go home to West Virginia to help his father, who was sick, run hi1 faxm, his emplo,ment was contl.nuoue. ·· - .

"When be lett Ford's, his rate was $J..30 per ·hour. His record showed him to be a first-class worker during his anployment.

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•In the Spriilg o! ~93.3 1 he is reported. to have lett this cOWltr,r tor m extended. trip throp.gh Europe and Asia. Be cla1.mlsd in subsequent speeches he md hie bl'OtbDr visited. Dine 'Fm'opean countries, the Soviet Union, llancburi~ China end Japan during their joui"QeT ot 46~000 mUes, most o1' llbich was delle on bicycles. They claimed tmt arrl ved at Geman7 three dqa before tbe Reic:hstag fire, thus seeing at close range the establlahmailt of Fasciem in Gem&DT u the immediate result of this ·plot agai.n.st the Commmist Party-. For teD JIIDIItba. theT toa.red Rurope on bic,Tcl.ee, traveling a

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• for the Soviet Union. ·· "From th1a letter it £• quite ... ·- · .. ·· -- --·---~ ·J' :_~: ;:.._: .. · .. __ : evident that Walter Reuther's leanings are toward.a ·- · ... . . . . = .. . - · · ···:- - .. "the Socialist pal"'t4Y rather than the CoUJIDmjst party-.-·--------· - ·-:

~~ -~--~-~"7-~~--=~~-· - -~--.:-. : ·: · ·_. Tne closing o! the_ letter is, 'Carry on the fight·:-: .- -:·.:·~ :·.-:: · --.-~· -.:~~ ·-·--· r~ ·r. ····' ~~~=:-=.-. ....;.;··-_: ·: - .-. !or a Soviet America! 1 Other excerpts follow: · · --:...: : : . ~ :·.· .. : · : . .'_ :.. ... ·-: - · -: . . ~!~;?i}~.:~-<;:. ~ :_:_;·.~,~ :..: ~ .- : •.. . . ' _.. ~ .·. . . . .. ~ ~ :· ..... '·.> >.·-~ -:-~ .. : .: :-.·->--··:_ .. ~-~~;;::~-~-.i·~-=t.· ~~~- . :~~; .-~>-~.-~ ·:·,·.: .::_ ·_.-.

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. :.:.:::::.-~-..:.::::::==::.~ - ·· . ....:!.:.-:~;- ...:..:.:. Detroit l::ua w:bat -we '--e ,-.. ~d .~ .i-~ ·~£ :~.<- '· · · i..:.. ' · ~=- ·. = -~~~--- ... - ·:r:--::;-;.- , . . ·,.. - - - · -- :. . p . -~y· .&1111~.- -~~...- .:-: =-::.. .:z.:. :..-:-..:,· .--::=-.--::; :._-+- =-·.::-__ · =-~-~::.=."2---.:· :- ·~: ·:.:~~ .. ___ ·· : - .· otber sources of the rising diaCOIIltent · :~.~· ~ .-:--:".=-,-;--# . -~--~= .. .-~ : .. --- .~~. :..r-.:- -.""""": - ""' -......~:..;..,.; · ... :-.....:.: -.. - ~ . , . . • . ... . . . ,..;:;... .................... ~ ... -· ·, .. - .... :..·-. .---.. ~- · - · . . ·.;_'· . .=.::. ··:..:· . ..:.::..,;.,:·____:::_ _ _._-_:..:..._ ..... ~f _the Aue~can workers., makes us lcmg :.-. _. ';.' _;. . ·, · _,.. · ·.: .. -~~~~r;:,·:·~ _: ~=.:t_~· : ..... ·:::-: :.· ... _:.· _.for 1he moamt to .·be back ":til 7ou in the _--~-+;:;! .. :·:.~ .;~-~--:--- ~ - -.~;-~· : .. --.-::::: . . _

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we receive for our temporary absence from · the struggle in the United States. And let no one tell you that we are not on the road to Social..i.sm in the Soviet Union. Let no one a~ that the workers in the ·u.s.s.R. are not on the road to security 1. enlightenment . · · and hap jliness • • • • -· .. , ·•. . - .. -.. ,..,..,. - _-,

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. -··:::.:; .... :: . .... _ · -· · ·· · · · · · -· •In all, ·they ai3- they travel.ed about .·18,000 mU.es' . - ·. ·< ~--. .. -,~:~-~ ··: .;.~~~~- ... -~:.·.'~ .. ~ .. ·-·. h So'liet Ruasia1 covering ma~ of t.he industrial and .. _ - -- - ~ ·_ ~-·r. ._ · __ ..

: _:~~-~-:-:~::. .: ·:.. . . agricul:blr&l. regions there. Continuing on tbrough Sibe,!:!, :·- · - ... · ~:,;~~: ~.;.. ·; :: -~:-' : . -' · · tbq arrived in Kanchurla and China where they clajmed tbq ·::::.· .. : ~ · .... ::: .. ~·: .. . :.- .. :.: . ." . . ~ ·' : ... saw the devastating 11ood. of 1.9.35• 'rbey apmt aix weeka ~ : ·:. . .:-:.-.. --- ,

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on boats, having traveJ.ed a totaJ.. of 4£,,000 miles · . :::e~~~~: AU~~:~~~F:~~~~ ~ -~~:- .:.-.--·- --- ..

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. ·1'/bat. a y-oung American ~io'-work8r eXperl.~ced -llhile employed JIPre ·than a year and a hal! in the hnge .Gorki auto factory of t.~ Soviet Uirl.on 1'lill be ~ated here by Walter P. Reuther of Detroit, who will diswss 'Twenty l.[onths a.s a Soviet Indn.strial·Worker 1 at Socialist Hall, 100 Broadway Street, Saturday, February 22, at 8 P. ll.

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Graduate from Wayne Uirl.versity am seven 'y-ears a Ford employe, Reuther spent the last three. y-ears earning and cycling bi.a way through_ Europe and the U.s.s.R. to investigate changing conditions. A member of the Uni.ted lw.tomobile Workers of kn.erl.ca, be went to the Soviet ,Union.ae a worker, pot a. tourist. He was thus able to get an unusual picture of day-to~ life in Soviet' indus tJy 1 which be lll.lglllented lli th lS 1 000 miles of travel throughout the Ukraine, Crimea, Cauc~ and Asiatic regi.om of the U.s.S.R. Leaving Russia by way of Siberl.a_, he gained. first--band obeervation of conditions and problem!!, in the Far East •

. As part 'or Ill ea.stern speak1ng tour, Reuther ill appearl.ng here under a.uspiee:s of Akron branch, I Aim rl.can Friends of . the Soviet Uirl.on and Social ill t PB.r'!Qr. I

*Ameri-can Fri. ends of the Soviet Uni;n .::. A Co;,1 at BUbsidiB.J:7 propagandizing Soviet Russia a.s the workers' Paradise, 11ponsoring lectcres; in 1935 drl.Ting !or a m1111ou 11ignatures for the recognition of Ru.saia by the United States.

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ot 100 pm pl.e on the rlrb.le at the Soviet Un.icm at a maeti.ng held in 'l'urner Hall, lUl Walnut Street 1n -·- · Cinci.J:mn&t.i 1 Ohio. Following ia a SUJJII]a%1' ot hi~ - r . ·: ·'~- - .- • • _ - · · -

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that they went to Gel'!IBIJl" from Detroit md. · ·--~~J-...::~·----=·· : ·· .·.- --aaw ma.~ ·union or ganizationa cn1Bhed and - · lied about to the workers, their 1eadere . ·::: ··:· · :- .· · · · · ·- · -put in ja.U:- and the _workera 1 !lag barned.

They traveled on and decided they would like to go to Russia, .110 wrote to the Government there and the Govemment advised them that they coul.d cane to Russia," but ~t

· they ateye d longer t~. tbree months they would. have to 1101'k. 'rhia wu in 1933 •

1'bey went to Russia ·and 1rmt to work 1n the aut.omobi.le :f'act.or;y teaMing peasants to mke tools and cti. es, and be had never had cso much money or been eo ha.H>Y in all his life, as he was -while in Russia.

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He apoke o:f' how all the people work and p~ IIDd half ·aamed t.bey have beco!IIB in the last :f'etr Tears; how conditions ~ve improTed all. over the countr;r; that Russia wants to have peace and keep out ot war and to becane tmn<D.T with the other mtiDna.

Be was aucb a fluct. speaker t.bat tie .gave the impression that it 1a . Beavm in Russia.

Be stated that .in. some places the workers do JJOt P&T rent an_d other places just tan per cent ot tbair wages; that all workers are g:i vern :f'zom two 1D il1x weeks' vaca.tion wi. th ..

- pq am eJCptllaes paid, ·and· recd.Te aal.ariea wbile on sick leave. , .. ·.:· . .. ·. ~ . . -. -:

•Atter hia lacture he answered qJ.eat.iDDS.

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110ne asked it there was a chance of getting work there, and be replied no, there was no chance o:f' anyone

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, . . -getting a positi.oz{ ther~- ncm, a-'1 they have advanced their pEOple Bo !ar that every year they ... produce a large ntmber o! ekilJ.ed workmlln. ;. : .,..,_.:_ .

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aTbe· pi~"bl.res were elilles .and just sb(JJ{ed worker:~ at meeting:~ with the company managers, parades, stores, IJWimni.ng and other sports.

11He stated that the 1'10rkers run everything in Rlisaia, rut mentioned noth:ing of religion.

-There i.e ai;o evidec.ce o! e. e1 roD ar appear=e in La.nsing in March, "1936. On l.larch 18, 1936 at B P, U., Yasonic Temple, Flint lJichigan,· Walter Reuther spoke on 1R:ussia 1s Economi*. _osition Today,' TPis meeting was sponsored by the 'Young Peop+e_'cl! _5?.<;0 ali 11t .I.ea.g\l.e 1

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He epec.t 33 IWnthe in Russia. Wa!! · formerly employed at Ford l.[otor Company, Dearborn; that he left for Europe i=cliately following the Baby Creek riot**. at Dearborn. He said he traveled in 17 European COlllltries, In these countries his passport Yas marked: I Not Permitted. to Work' bu:t in Russia there was a stamp on the passport to the effect that be =et

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. grandmother that he had to leave by rope · · !rom. an upper lriixi.aw when the authoritiee

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.):ave recreation which ia turnished b,y the Soviet Govel'lliiiiEmt. .

-He went on to tell. about how tbe ., rkmen el.ect their OIJfD foremen and _superintendents in the pla.nte in Russia; haw they hire and discharge and set up their awn speed of production; how the red !l.ag is placed on the. workers' machine for good _work end burlap .flag for poor work. · ..

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. "He appeared at the Co~vent.ion of ~nite~-~uto-. _mobile l'l~~~~~ of -~~r.$.~- in South Bend iri April, 1936,

as a. delegate . from Temstedt, General ~tors Corp. Hie · seating as a delegate was hotlJr contested because it waa d01bted that he was ~automobile worker. He was tinalq seated after "Sister" fambor testified that he worked at Temstedt Wlder an"' d """'" during December, 19) S ~ and Jan'UA171 1936. It is interesting to note that Helen Tombor was also seated under protest because the local she elonged. to - 1111+7 ..,;. did not cCDe under the jurisdiction ot the · Intemati.ona.l. Union. She was supposed to be an emplo78 of the Universal Cooler Company- which d not manufacture automobile parts. However, Walter ella vouched for her and aecu.red her a eat aa a delegat "Reutb:er .served as cbainDB.Jl of the publiciv coJIIIli.tt e • . J.t this oonvent.i.on,:

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. the.mlion a.Wpted the technique of selecting its Executi..-e Board by allO't'ling-delegatee--.trom geo- .~-:.-_ .. · graphic districts to eelect_Boar~ mem.bere in dis-trict ca.ucusee •. In thie_ecr-w.e, ~ter ... Ji:euther ··-·secured a job on the-Eiecu/Jive Board in ~-~2iiE= : distrlc , along rlth J. J Kennedy, IJ.o o~s and · Leste ashburn. · ~ ·

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were not s~ned by a Notary Publ.ic,;as required by the UMT constitution. Sm:j.th cla:Lmed.he had checked up on Rruther' a statement made at the co mention tD the effect that he~adworked at Ternat~t-under the as~ed name of WaJ.tef::1'.!JjJ1ips. The canp~'s record showed that they had had no one worlcing there under this· name. This matter was 11upposed to be presented to a UAW trial. board composed of Executive mtmbers. Nothing came of it. . . .

nrn June, Reuther ..-as assigned to work in Flint . and Sagi.naJr. On June 71 he talked in Flint and on June 13, :ill S agl.naw.

•He ee=ed a job at the Coleman Tool and Die plant .where he was fired in the latter part of 'July

1936,~:r,.:: ::~::~:~~ed al··.- .. uchD9~ at Saugatnck, lrli.chigan, conducted ~ lines of

··the "BrookwooO:"!a"EOTCollege. (Roy and Victor Reuther ..-ere interested in this radical labor B chool"llbich ill DOW out of existence. The West Side Local l/l74 bought

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•In December 1936, he pi!ed a lead1ng role, along with his bro 'brothers, in tb elaey Wheel •trike, which along with ladl.and Steel pre ed the beginning of the · -111'-<bwn wave in t!a t area. The way thia strike waa· pulled ia of interest. The men working in the plAnt cti.d not have auf'!ic:i.ent interest :1n the UAW to pull the atrJ.ke that Reuther wanted in this key plant. Victor Reuther and laerl.in Bishop secured jobs and _in a little over a week were able to deliver the good,a. ·The aame technique was used b7 Hobert Kanter in pulling the Cad111aee si~ down mentioned later. He (Reuther) spoke ~t seven Kelsey meetings in the course ot a~v d~. ~ly ill JariU&rT 1937 • he was interested iD _ Bohn. ~uminum. strike.

· ·On Januar;y 7 he sP.*e :~ ·-mas m~~~ of Cadillac anployea. After this meeting, ·plans w~ laid for the Bitdolm atrl.ke which was pulled at th4J dillac l!otor Car Compaey .on t.be f'ollald.ng morning, by s lieutenant. · Robert Kanter. · · . . . . . . ·

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the Genera1 llotora strike and wa.s responsible in part · for ihe picket demonstration around the Gener'aJ. llotora Bn1ld1 ng. He a1so recruited Fleetwood and Cadillac . worker& for strike cmty in Flint, where hia 'bro brot.hera,

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"'n April 14, 1937, be was arrested at the Yale and lfowne strike when the Detroit Police Department. evicted aitcbwn st.rikerft, He was released the next d.q by writ through Ua.uric&fw'"'ugar. his attorney, by Judge George l!urpb;y. -- -·. -~ -. .. - -· --· ... · .

"In the Spring or 1.937 I he devoted his interest to organizing Ford workers. At this time, the organization o! Ford was still within the jurisdiction or Reuther's big West Side Local. #174. On l{ay 26, along with Frankensteen, Kanter, am Kenned7, be was_ involv~ed 1n their DDlcb publ.icized attempt to pass out handbills at Fords. The resu:l t.s o! this attempt by the uAW are well ·lmOIIll tD the public. Reuther and F~8Dkenateen received a severe . beating. .. ·-

. liOn June 51 1.937, be addressed a demonstration at Baby Creek, ·sponsored by the Civil. Bights Federation and the UAJl1 where he declared, •Ford will be organized in spite of ~ Hen171 Prince Edsel and the unmerciful. ghost, Harr.r Bennett.•

IIQn June s.· 1.937, be attended the second annual con-vention of the UAW. He was a l.eader in the Kort.:i.DMtr --»

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"l'ihile there ill no direct evidence available to the effect that he took an active part in tm meeting o! GY-UA.W del.egaies at the Tuller Hot-el on NovEmber 13 and 1.4 in lihich the proposed new GU contract 1m~ rejected beyond a plea for publicity that li'Olld put GY in a bad light, it ie definitely knoom ~~was in the Yort:imer-Unity camp BJrl that his pafler aT mr~yor" • publ.illhed by the Trest .Side Local, took a de te 11tand again:5t acceptance of srry contract which did not provide for the . steward JSYIItem and other union conce11sionll.

•an Aflril 2:'1 1 1938, he spoke at ·a dance gathering ~~pon:5ored.by :the Cadillac unit of the Conrnnnitst Party at · Ferry Hall. At thie t1.me he elaborated on h011< the atrl.kere were mauled by the Detroit Police Departmen;-c;f. -u;; Federal. Screw etrl.ke. He prai11ed the heroisn of Pe e 11 1 (Conmumiet) injured in the ~t. ·

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. to start a drive · agai.nst the CoJII!llmi eta 1n · '-the··-event John L. Lewis decided 1n the .tu'b:tre . - - - ~ ---- · ·· to throw the Communists out of the union. -··. _. ..:: - -- -- · · . _,_ •-Johnson also said that Wyndham ~rt.imer, Vice ·- . · ·. ·· President of the U.A..lf.U., feels that he ·shoul.d succeed to the presidency men Yartin 1a th1"01Ul out. Walter Reuther is also a candidate f'or the presidencz. . - · · ··

. . ' H: ulTlicka I of. Chicago I ~tated that . :this -~ur-Jai battJ.e &Dr;)ng Thomas, Frankm:ustean, Kortimer and Ralther is an impossible s1 tua:tion and that su:h a confiict is all that is n~eded __ to complete the wreckage of the United Auto- . mobile Workers. It bears out, on tbB .urface at least,· the accusations that .those who .split arq from the AFL are now busy splitting up .,_ mong themselves. Wicks sai~ tba. t the Communist Pa.rtq is to discuss legislation w elections soon and will have to reve:d.to the Auto Workers' Union struggle. It will be difficult to get AFL ~ local!!' to work with Labor1s Non-Partisan League /. • _,..~ (CIO) if there develops even the sEmblance of an · open strU.ggle among Thomas, llorti.mer, Frankenstean am Reuther. Wicks said t.ha.t he thought . the Com-JIIIlni.st Political Buro sbouJ.d issue definite instruc-tions tblt lJort.imer, Reuther and Frankensteen (who is also a Conmnnist Parta member) shouJ.d not become cand:i.Ei.ates unless they have the support of the CIO leadership. Wicks said be personall;r was against · arbitrarx rule on the part of John L. Lewis, John B:mph.y -and Sidney H11lm8Jl, but that they wou1d have to make the best of that condition •

'Foster con:mented that wch a fight among the tour U.A.w.u. leaders, three of whom are Coiii!Dm1•ta and one a close friend of the Parcy-, would utter~ ctL•credit. ·the Coiii!Dm1st Part7 and be a shameful. exhibition ·of 1Dcapacit7 on 1 ts part. Foster moved that the whole question be pl.aced 1n the b&Dl_s of a ~~pecial committee wi.t.h power to act and that the

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1 Arter the appointment ·of this epecial ooliiJli.tte, Walter Reuther stated that he was then wil.ling to withdrBJr as a candidate for the presidency ot· . the U.A.W.U. 1 nowwi.thstanding the fact that he could not see why any restriction should be placed upon a.n,yone becaning a candidate. Reuther said that he thought it would create a better impression if there were a number of candidates, as then no ·one could say that John L. Lewis dictated the appointment. Wyndham Mortimer agreed and said there was considerable merit in what Walter Reuther had said. Hathaway RIDICULED '11IE ClAD! OF OOTH -lClJTHER AND l.IDRTIUER AND SAID THAT IF THEY could not have better nominating speeches made for them bef-ore the coming convec.tion than they themselves made before this meeting of the Political Buro, they would not have any chance of election. I . •At the Cleveland ConventiOn of the em faeti.on of the

UAW, Reuther apparentJ.7 abided b7 the decieion ot the Com- . n;miet PartJ" :m.emhers 1d th respect to his aspirations to be president. He did, however, put on an intEJDaive campaign for the job of vice_ president. He proposed that there be one vic~presi.de:nt instead or fourhlj be ilidicated that be wanted the job. Be talked to ~ki, a CIO . Execut.i.ve, regarding this. At thi,s_ nvention, the eom-· JII1Ulist Part7 ~ the Soci&l.iat Part7 ·bad separate al.at.es •. . • • .. Ro7 Reuther and Walter' a wi.fe, lllq Wolfe, apparmt.ly" were · campai agera behind the acene in 1 1n~ps_up del.ega~u--- ·

'tor Soci ala • t Pirt7 members sucli aa _ ~e d Franc 'Waikei.were promoting the Co~t

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-rurther, a aigni11cant resolution was paaaed at tbia convention which prevented the president of a local holding

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. tioned, was sl.~o in the race for the presidency •. It 'Ira.!! only throug. a threat on the part of 1!urray to - ·· e..."'":po~e Addes ii he rcS.:U. for prasid.e:J.t1 th.a-:. he rithdrsw snd l't"...S cont~t rlth t.'le job of Secretary- · Treasurer, to which he was elected by acclaim. Reuther

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::-~~::~';. .?<:.>'." .. _ _. ._ ... ;.;=:,.- .of -the United Jntomobile Workers of .America ~filiated with . · .- . ':[~!: ~r·.:: :-;' - ·v ,,·~- . : '"the Congress. of Indnstrial Organizations . .. _;&, member of the . . . · .. .. ··. }~;Jj:·:j~~~ ·~~:-~\ . .:~-:;·::~~ttee.'on. _tridning vi, thin industr]' ~~- the •at'i.oW. De:f'ente _.. · ::·. -~ · _~ :.-_~~"jt. · ~< _. , ... 7 ... . •·.:. . ;64_Tlsot7 Comci•s1~n, l?Y tred;e he_ is a hipl.y akillec tool and. 1 ·

·.':>:.1· ~ · ~-; . ~-- .::/ - . . ! ct~ _ mBk;e~ .. / Xis ~erience fizld -t-echnie~.blowled&e of the auto- ., ?~:*~-.:; .,~~'"·( -. ·:----:.~-.;~bile · ~st%7 .and U.SI!I ·pfooduction -methods ~vided the ~- ·. ~ . '-:~:;;.~·»~·._ ;. ·· .•. : · .-... ·· . .... aaterials !or his -pr~p<?sel ·{in 'December, 1940) _to use the ..

~~i£1 /:·~~:~:·:~ .·:, . 7 ~-- ~·~ : ~~- . ~ tac1l1t1ea of the a:nt~m.obile industry :ror mass production of .,..,.~o!l -· t -=- ·· .:.· .'. ~,' · · .. ·.' 4e:rense planes. !his ·program, tponsored by PHILIP !-romu.Y. as

pr~sident of the CIO, ~ been hailed as one of the most conB~!Uctive ?roposals ~e during the national defense emer~ency.

·: - · · ·. ~vas· born in Wheeling; West Virginia, ~n \ September .l. ~907, (mother Jm!A STOI:Im) in the 'heart ·of the

,""-':iij~~ •• . ~~- · - ·· · : steel ~d mining .lndast%7~ !rhe atmosphere of his home vas ~-~ . · ·.~: · .... . . · .. · -~·· .. ::.' . aifect·e·\ ·with hit fa1~er1 ~ -'1-ntenae i7.1terest 1n·_.unions and .. ... ~~:·~~~-

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~ . . · ·1¢_1" _(_. .:"labor ~"le:ias. 'Eil .father, V.A.LEF.!'IB REUTHER. ·vns at the . : :.;;~_.~ ... . . ·' :; age of 2!3, president af the Ohio Talle7 (Wheeling) ~ad.ee and -. ·--·:_-._, ·: · .. · . ·: ·•·· ~ _.· . · Labor .Assembl7, '!or m8ny )"eere an ou.tstandine; A. 7. o! L.

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· ~ · central bod7. Hie father vas for )"ears 1nterne.ti.onal. organizer of the United Brewer.y Yorkers, first organisation of the inchletrial 1mion type in the A. 1'. of L.

- ... •The entomobile industry e.ppeered to beckon to

young meche=. i cs end ~"~C F~KE:- 'f!e.nt to Detroi t i.r. 1S27.

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.. fi_~-;·_·, ·-~:~ . :'. · ·< ~:: o_:r . bJs ahoJ1:._-:a~~-1_e~ce . ~as .,vi ~11:_ the -!~~ . ~otor Oo~~. ¥here, ,. .. ·. _: . :.. :\{__:··. ~~!.f_ -.~ -~ ;-;" ~-~ -sf~er ~1v~. Tear~ 1Smp1.071De~t. _at . the J1g14.8!'d p~··. _BD;d .~earborn, ~· · ~ ... .:. .: :.:~: . :-, ' · .. • :Mi.chiosn. Plants, J:Uro».l!l0'::\1 .became £or~ ~f aoae :rorw··aen h :--:·; .. .. ; · ..

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.assured. However., hie interest in labor 1mions had gown and this brought him hto 4i:f'!icu.lt'ies with the company. lie vas discharged from the J'ord plant because of .hie union S1lllJ?athies in the fall of 1932. ·

•lfh1le vorld.ng nights -at J'orda, HU1'HER par cued his ·:-. . -fo%-mal -education bY .. ~ttendence a~ dey · eesB1o.~s., completing tvo·

{ . .; 7ears hi~ school and three 7ears e.t YB1Ue 1fniv~rsit7 •. ·· His .._ triple .preoccupations ·vi th eerni~g ·a living, -j>reachin~ union-.

ism and completing .his educat·ion -did _not preTent his act1Te participation 1n college ~thlet1cs for vbich he holds several

... __ --- -- -~e~s, __ s~ing and basketball. Be organized and became · · · president of the Social Problems Club at V~vne ·, specialized

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in Labor an~ Industrial problems end was the recognized leeder among the more serious students, teking them to picket lines when strikes were in progress in Detroit.

•.A.:rter his discharge from l'ords end the comple.tion of hi• school 7ee.r, WALTER end hb brother, VIC!OOR, embe.rke~

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on an ambitious thr~e-yeer trip .tu"ound. the VOJ;ld. ~ey_ treveled/ on ltic,-cles 1n Euro-pe and Tisi t~ l.ngland t 1tus de., Central Asia, China and 3ape.n. !'he;r mede 1 t a pe:r~!.'eular point ·-to obeerve operation of auto plants and machine shops wherever possible, working in shops and studyj:M the labor moTement • - - ---- .

~riends in Detroit wrote the EEUTBER brothers ·in 1935, that their long-hoped for opyortunit;r to organize the ento workers appeared .to be at hand chle to the Jrew Deu and the W&l;l1er ..let. ney hastened home and have 'been 1.n the thick

. 'f- :-.' . ·::. :~. . .. · at the auto -un.1ou 1 ~tr'll.gglea ever e1nee. Xe or~ized end . l»ecame president of -~he famous V~st Sicle Loca:l 174, !>etroi t, A ·which rose from e. membership of '18 to SO,OOO in on.e )"ear. B~

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~ •: .. · · -:: ~- · · : · erganiser and m.on a.f'ter l>etro1t ·vest •ide orcmds&tlon 'dirac- ~. · · . :_ ·· .. -·. ·.· · .. _:._.<· .... >. '~· , · ,·· -tor. lltU:rBXR hnctioned ·. iJl th1t ~11her 5o. 1 p~ant in. J'lint ·· · ., · ·

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. · . . .. ·. , .· · . . : · •In J,pril ·of . . 193," ~ plqed ~ .:~Uve part 1n the \ . . :,.:·,~_- >:~-::~ : ': · . .- ...... :_. . t~en J'ord Organisation .CC?~ttee and he opened the J'ord drive · : ·· .. ~· .. ·> ~- .- :~y ~he first . broadcast ~f .~onin ~~o~ an ·airplane OTer 'the

.. , ·. .Ronge plant ili Dearborn. Ke ve.!l 1n ch~· of the first union;· 1,~.. .-; ·. . ···::: l~afiet CU.striba.tion at the l'ord Jlouge tel on Miller road.

· - on Xq 26, 1937, vhen he end .RIC~ ! :rn..um:::El!S~ and other -unionists vere ·beaten up b7 l'ord aervi e men. · ·. .

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. · . · '&Zld management. Since 1939 he has l»een the director of the

. ; . {G-eneral Motors l>epartment of the 'OAW and, w1 th his stdf • vhic :.-. includes his wife, KAY. as his peraonaJ...,.eeretB%7 • handles the " . . · · 'labor problems of some 1~,000 workers in 70 _odd QM PJ,antr.. -

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•In the ato~ internal life of the anto workers 1:111ion REUTHER took vhat vae called a ·I middle of the road' position. lie fought and helped eli~1nate from les.d:ership BQl.-!ER lURTili, first president of the UAW end, -on the other hand, ves an unce&sing foe of Communists and their ~fforts to gain union

:..-. , •· · . influence. Be JtaS a .up:porter of President ROOSEVELT in 1936 ' -.: , . .-:·-... .. end &gz!.i.n 1940, -m-~ at the .-me time a ·much greater perti-

) c:1pat1on of labor -~ D&tional. df~re, -particuJ.erl7 in ·-u.tional - -~~. defense matters. ·.'i- ·,' - -~ .

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WALTER PHILIPDUlJTBER Depart-ant of State

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Attention: Supervisor of Service Section Records Administration Office

SECtJiliTY OF GOVERNMENT BIIPLOYEES

Reference is made to this Bureau's letter dated December 23 t 1965, furnishino a copy of each of the communications coverino an investiqation con~ucted concernino the captioned individual. These communications were furnished for information and consideration as to whether the data developed indicated a violation of any Federal law.

Enclosed herewith is a copy of this Bureau's letter of this date to the U.S. Civil Service Commission toqether with a copy of its enclosure containino further information reqardinq the captioned matter. This is furnished to supplement the data previously forwarded to the Department in this case.

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Sub jectWALTKJl PBILII' DUl'BER Depart•nt of State SBCU&ITY OF QOVDNJIElft' KIIPLOYDS

Reference is made to prior correspondence from this Bureau concerninQ captioned individual.

18 COPJ Th~re transmitted herewittQDe J!I""B'X>ies each of the followinQ

communications containinQ additional information reQardinQ this matter:

~I aeport of SA -dated December 22, ~hinctoD, D. c. aeport of SA January 6,

aeport of SA December 16,

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aeport of SA ted January 7, , , York.

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1 C1 Another Go"9~~~!~~Y YPc~~i~~~ional investioation

abroad and the results thereof will be furnished you upon their receipt by this Bureau.

D Additional action is beino taken by this Bureau. On completion thereof9-d ou will be furnished the results. /lip- ..5/ 7 7P- . ~

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!16 FEB 2 l!:ltio This is beinQ furnished to you for your information and should not be

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lleaor&Ddu& dated Deoellber ~2, 1161, at Waahinctoa, D. c. lleaor&Actua dated Decellber 16, 198S, at ... York, llew Yark.

...orandua dated J&DU&ry 1, 1188, at Jlew York, *• York.

..IIOI"andua ctated 3aDU&rJ 11, 1188, at

.... York, Raw York.

ODe copy of thia letter, together with one copy each of its eDeloau.res, 1e being furnished directly to the Depart .. nt of State.

One copy of this letter, together with one copy . each of lta encloaures, 1a beiDI furniahed to the Depart.ent Of the ArJay iD Yiew of 1 ta 1Dtereat in llr. aeutber.

1 - Deputy Asalatant Secretary for Security - Knc. (18) Depart.ant of State

1 - Aaalatant Cb1ef of Staff for lntel11sence - Knc. (18) J»part•nt of the Arlly

Attention: Director of Security

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FROM: SAC, 1~ YORK (140-15791) (P)

WALTER PHILIPORE'JTHER STATE SGE BliDED: Past

seve no :further RTJC report

ReBua!rtel to New York, 1/19/66.

Atte~pts to contact su ccessru1. Inquiry on

t or town and ~rill not • Inasmuch as th~s is the

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WALTER PHILIPL--imUTHER Department of State

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Olflce1 New York• New York R.port of: Date:

Field Office File 1: J.40•l$791

Title: WAL~ PHILIP REUTHER Department of State

Bureau File 1: J.40-.31770

Charader: SECURITY OF GOVF'Rl\T11ENT EMPLOYEES

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Thla document contaloa neither ~ecommendaUona nor eonelualona of the FBl. lt 1a the property of the F"Bl and ta loaned t o

your aqeney; U and tta conte~ta are not t o be dtatrlbuted outal.de your aqene y.

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Page(s) withheld entirely at this location in the file . One or more of the following statements, where indicated, explain this deletion.

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Title: ... ALTER PHILIP REtrl'HBR Department of State SECURITY OF GOVERNDNT DPLOYDS

Report of: SA

Date and Place: January 21, 1966 New York, New York

11111 1S emended ~Y of Security ~ G.,tfMitftt ~' re.,ert 1~ ~.l\1\d ~ b: ".mowe~ frora filt tOf disset~~iNiicn """".-s:.~ If •IIIMI'Itflltloa 11ece~. coptts s."uM..Ia be .ada ol tllis copy.

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Records Administration Office

WALTD PBILiviunmma Department of State

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SECDRITY 01' GOVEJDOIDT DPIDJ'BES

Reference is made to this Bureau's letter dated January 20, 1966, furnishinQ a copy of each of the communications coverinQ an investiQation conducted conceminQ the captioned individual. These communications were furn ished for information and consideration as to whether the data developed indicated a violation of any Federal law.

Enclosed herewith is a copy of this Bureau's letter of this date to the U. S. Civil Service Commissi~n toQether with a copy of its enclosure containinQ further information reQardinQ the captioned matter. This is furnished to supplement the data previously forwarded to the Department in this case.

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Date : JAN 2 7 1966 To: Director, Bureau of Personnel Investigations

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captioned individual.

ta ~~ Therexz. transmitted herewith one w; e• i of the followino communicatiora containing additional inforrpation reQardinQ this matter:

8eport of 8A J&DU&l"J 211

ted York.

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One copy of tbia letter, tocetller w1 th oDe CbPJ E of 1 ta encl08111"8, 1a be inc furnished to tb.e Deparbaent ~ of the Arlq in Yin of 1 ta 1ntereat 1Jl llr. leu tiler. 8

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TO: Director Federal Bweau of Investigation Washington, D. C. 2l535

DATE: 6/). 9/67

FILE: INO:SJD:mlb

NAME DATE 01" 81'-TH /

CiEUTHER, Walter Philip 9/l/rn ~OSITION, 0'-GANIZATION, AND LOCATION

Consultant Department or State Washi.Dgton, D. C.

The disposition made of this case in which your Bureau conducted investigation is indicated below:

A. ~ APPLICANT 0 EMPLOYEE 1 iJ c; _ J 1 l . l 0 I ' , - • ..

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O Favorabl-e determisa~on \ "\..! · -

0 Remov~. or not app;inted as a result of ·security determination under: . -~-:·

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0 Removed~r not ap~!nted as a result of ·suitability determination. -·-, ~

0 Resigned. before determination was completed:

0 After charges were preferred or after being advised that charges were to be preferred.

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completed. Withdrawn by requesting area. jU. _ 31 7 7 0 C. AtmJORITY FOR INVESTIGATION 7 0 · . ·

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0 Other NoTitiCoiio'iQ-re JUN 21 1967 - - --

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FBI Freedom of Information Act Release

Re: Walter Reuther

FOIA No.: J.- ')'t oSO

File No.: 7/ 1 S~~l~

Section: ~-2'

Pages reviewed: 50

Pages released: Lt~

Pages withheld:

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!!he above person ie be1~~g recommended b7 Governor Stassen to !he Vhite Eouae to •erYe at a member of the Public JAv1eor;y Board of the 'kutual Securi t7 Program. · Gonrnor Sherman .Adams haa i.Ddicatecl t=.at prier to the forwe.rd.ing of hie ll.2me b7 the President to the ·· ··· -- - - . - -United State a Senate for confirmation there •houl.d be a full field .

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. !herefore, in the absence of Go-.ernor sta .. en. I em -- ·· requeati.ng a :tall field 111Test1gat1on on Kr. buther. It would be

~q»prec1ate4 i:f this were to be bendled expe41t1ouaJ.T.

' .Attached is a biographical data sheet reflectil:Jg ident1f71.1tc --; iDi'ormetion preaentl.T on Mr. Be'D.tber. ___;..,;

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'-~; . ~- - _:_ -c_ ~ - _ - Dear lir; '~Ov~;-;c_ '~' _- ,~ • - -- :-~ _ .. _ . 7..~~-~----= _ As you lmow the Joint Committee has recently formed

special Panel on the Impact of the Peacetime Uses· of . tomic Energy. In ·this ·regard we have invited Mr. Walter euther to participate as a Panel member. · · . : ·

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- -- ~_civi.lian to war productiQno ---1'h1s 7 -the informant said 9 - was -further eviden! -~- or the insidious in.tiltration of 'the Communist ·Party into control of'"'~~ - -_ _ P-r!y~te capital by means o~ Gove:rnmen~al . -cor.tj;rol. !.;:. -:: - _:::-~~- :·_· -· - =~---~-: - ~:::_~·- -_·

'";~~;~i:~i~~t:~:;f~~~?~¥~~;:~i:~~~~=~~t!~i!~~~~~~s~~;~:9 .· . Unionist» ana Pat Toohey~ who at that time was President of DiEtrict . Number Seven» Communist Party, were engaged in conversation regarding Walter Reuthero The inf'orman't said that Toohey bad remarked tr..at Reuther was a good man but that it was too bad he was going 1n tho wrong direotior Toohey .f'ur.ther stated that it was also regr-ettable that they cc1.1ld not keE R€uther in t he Co!!.TI!U.."li.s t r~nk.s ...,~hen they bad him. there. The inf orlll.ant -·- -

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. about 1~39. An informant stated that he re~elled that the split betwe~n the Reuther brothers and the CoL'lLl-unist Party came in th9 Fall or 1939 c-r 19\ro during the UAW...CIO Convention. It was predicat6d en the tact tb.at Reuther wanted to run ror the presidency of the State UAW-ciO andi after being prondsed the support ot the Communist Party 7 he lofas double-c:rossod and they supported another candidateo There was an allegstion t.hat -Reuther actually made a deal with the Communist Party at that. tim~ on the basis that Reuther would be supported by it for the po.9it:f.on of Sacretar~·-

·Treasurero However, Reuther wa~ not elected. _ ·

Louis Fo B\:.denz 7 in his book ' 01-!en l{ithout Faces 9" re1=-o:-t6d th:!t 1n 3une of 19~1~ when Reu~her was righting the Commanists who were tryir~g to prclong the .st1·1k9 at tha plant of the North Am.arican A·o~iat.icr~ Comr,=..ny

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With ref ence to Senator Anderson'• request of July 29th to invest~gate Walter P. Reuther, I deaire to report that I called the SenatOfJB .- i Office on the morning of August '5th upon completion of our aummary underT../1'/1 ~- _ j -date of Augu8~ 4th with a view of seeing the Senator. I wa• informed that the . Senator was in London today and would ~ot return from Europe until August 23rd and then was departing for New Mexico on August 24th. The Senator' 8 Office

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if ~ letter Jul~ 891 1955, Senator Clinton P. ~der•on, Cho.'lraanl Joint ce-'lttee on itoaic Eraerg1J, requ~bactground 'lnveat'lgat'lon on Beuther aa aeaber o; Jo'lnt Coaaittee Panel to 'Inquire in-to •.r..pact o; the Peacet'lu Uaea o; -'toa'lc BnergJI. ~ Bureau letter ~gua't , 8 to ..Ander•on encZ •••d •uaaaru o; 'ln;o,.act'&on on Reuther • .tnderaon •a• cuhrlaecl 1n euent he d ea'lrecl j'Urther oct,cn aJ''tt:r rea.d,ng auamaru- to 'ln/07"'& Bureuu. B1J BuJ'"eOU lt tter J.uguat 8 to Btrauaa, Chatraan, ~tomio Energ1J Comataaton (AEC), Bureau oduiaecl of ~cleraon'• 1"equ~st ancl encloaed copu o; replu to Anderaon together ~ith copy of •uaaarg.

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By ln-ter dated July 29~ l95S1 Senator Clinton P. :!~~7. ~nderson1 Chairman1 Jotnt Congressional Committee on ..ttomic ~,l-Energy1 requested background tnvesttgatton on Reuther as member of !~ Jotnt Committee Panel tnqutrtng into nimpact of the peaoetiae usesf~

. of atomic energy." Bureau letter dated August 81 19551 to Anderson •nclosed summary of tnJormatton on Reuther. Anderson ~as advised in the event he destred. JUrther action a~er reading summary, to inform Bureau. Bureau advised Lewts L. Strauss, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commiaaton (AEC)1 of~nderson'a request and fUrnished to him a copy of aummary on Reuther.

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_ ALL JNF :\f,:ATIOi'l CONT111 . _ q-/ Dear Honorable Chier, l!r. Roon~ERE.I'} CLASSIFIED J. :

. In respmse to your warning ~ , ed Youth ~~~e appearing in the Lee lmg!;lJ>SJiJne ldey De~mber 23rd fl/Q:O perhap• you mi.ght be interested in Walter P~euthe~ President along with other Union Leader• defiant Un-J.ilierioon e.otiTities.

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We have some documented material regarding Walter · Reuther, but would . appreciate receiving ~rom ~ou such material as 70u ~ght have to support our position, or a reference to material whiCh we might obtain to support our position.

We are taking this stand in the interest ot the work ot our Church and to rurther the teaChing or Jesus Christ.

Sincerely in the Interest

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The enclosed :Resolution·is eent in an effort to apprise our Church Counci,l when it was

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·- ···- - ·- - - - · - --·· ··· -· We recogilize it would be neither fair, no:: reasonable, to expect Pastors, Church Council members, and our lay people to keep up to date on all the efforts to "infiltrate" and "propagandize" our youth and church members, as we normally expect -the Federal or State security and investigating agencies to fulfil this responsibility. But, when it comes to our attention thQt persons, who have "denied God" and have indicated their desire to "Carry on the fight for a Soviet America", are openly invited and welcomed to bring this philosophy to our young people, it then certainly is time that we

Christians ~:, :~stians1 bave defi.Jiite responsibilities and our purpose is to makt:! r~ known to al.l people. Today, more than ever

, , before, we are ~enged to witness in a very firm and open manner, particularly, against the encroachment of Communism and its atheistic philosophy.

!his letter is written in the sincere hope that you too will be concerned enough mout this problem to let your voice be heard

· to those in our Church, who were responsible ·for this invitation to a man such as Walter P. Reuther, and ask them to deny hiiQ this privelege.

Documented information is contained in the two instruments referred to in the Besolution.

In Furtherance

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