J. Edgar Hoover July 1963 reply to inquiry which refutes extreme right allegations of significant Communist influence within U.S. clergy and religious institutions.

009

Robert Morris (Chief Counsel, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee) letter to me regarding Harry Overstreet.  Robert Welch and the Birch Society claimed, falsely, that Overstreet was "pro-Communist".

010

Robert Welch letter to Dr. Lawrence A. Lacey re: "Communist-Zionist conspiracy"

011

Robert Welch letter to Verne Kaub re: Gerald L.K. Smith

012

Robert Welch letter to Verne Kaub and Kaub's original letter to Welch re: zionism-Israel

013

Willis Carto letter to Verne Kaub re: "lousy Hebrew"

014

Willis Carto letter to Verne Kaub re: "nigger dignitary"

015

Willis Carto letter to Verne Kaub re: Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter as "zionist subversive"

016

Communist Party USA membership 1919-1954 per FBI monograph summary,  As of February 1960, CP membership dropped to 5600 according to FBI memo in HQ file 62-85557, serial #1703 (2/11/60, M.A. Jones to DeLoach)

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On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy made a Lincoln’s Day speech to the Republican Women’s Club in Wheeling, WV in which he declared:

http://www.wvculture.org/History/government/mccarthy.html

"While I cannot take the time to name all of the men in the State Department who have been named as members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who, nevertheless, are still working and shaping the policy in the State Department."

McCarthy subsequently revised the number to 57 in a telegram he sent to President Truman on February 11, 1950 and in remarks he submitted in the Congressional Record on February 20^th.

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/mccarthy/telegram.htm 

The FBI Security Index file indicates that McCarthy’s numbers (whichever one you prefer to use) were total hallucinations.  

According to the Bureau:

“The Security Index includes the names of persons who are considered dangerous or potentially dangerous to the internal security of the United States and, as such, should be given consideration for apprehension and detention in the event of an emergency.  The dangerousness of each person whose name is included in the Security Index has been determined as the result of Bureau investigation.”  [HQ 100-358086, #500; 1/11/51]

The Security Index included known or suspected Communist Party members, leaders in Communist front organizations, and assorted radicals who were considered potentially or actually dangerous during time of national emergency. 

Furthermore, a “Special Section” of the Security Index captured statistical data on 4 specific categories of Security Index names:  (1) Foreign Government employees, (2) United Nations employees, (3) Atomic Energy Program employees and (4) United States Government Employees.  

Furthermore: 

“United States Government employees considered dangerous or potentially dangerous to the internal security are maintained in the Special Section even though their cases are still pending under the Loyalty Program or the case has been determined in their favor by the Loyalty Board.”  [HQ 100-358086, #500, 1/11/51, page 6]

The Bureau’s Security Index Card statistical report of February 15, 1950 is broken down by field office. The FBI’s Washington DC field office lists a total of 43 individuals in its “Detention of Communists” [DC] column (all categories combined). [HQ 100-358086, #134; 2/15/50 statistical report] 

A subsequent serial indicates that there were only 4 individuals on the Security Index for Washington field who worked in some capacity in the U.S. Government.  The total number of Federal Government employees nationwide on the Security Index was 64. [HQ 100-358086, #227 dated 10/25/51]

018 = GEORGE RACEY JORDAN