| Title: | [Letter] 1957 November 12, Washington, D.C. [to] Francis E. Walter, Washington, D.C. / J. Edgar Hoover [John Edgar Hoover]. |
| Personal Author: | Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972. |
| Corporate Author: | United States--Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| Date: | 1957 November 12. |
| Extent: | [1] leaf. |
| Dimensions: | 28 x 21 cm. |
| General Note: | The letter is typed on Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead with the Office of the Director's seal. See also additional letters in the collection to Walter, and another letter from Hoover. |
| Abstract: | Hoover tells Walter he has just finished reviewing "Operation Abolition" set to be released by the Committee on Un-American Activities the following day. Hoover takes the pamphlet as evidence of communists enlisting the support of "misguided individuals" to aid in "their subversive workings." He closes by saying that Walter's Committee's role is well known to every patriotic citizen and "real Americans" will not be "fooled or misled by efforts to discredit your vital task." The letter's recipient, Congressman Walter, was chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities. Walter also served in World War II and as a Representative from Pennsylvania in the seventy-third and fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving from 1933 until his death May 31, 1963. Hoover began his career as an attorney in the Justice Department in 1917; his early experiences included the deportation of alien members of the Union of Russian Workers and the American Communist Party such as Emma Goldman. He became Director of the FBI (1924-72) and established a fingerprint file, the crime lab, and the practice of infiltrating groups perceived as radical such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, student protest groups, and civil rights organizations. During World War II he aided in identifying German agents. He is remembered for his focus on eliminating what he perceived as the Communist threat. |
| Personal Subject: | Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972--Correspondence
Walter, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1894-1963--Correspondence. |
| Corporate Subject: | United States--Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| Subject: | Subversive activities--United States--History--20th century. |
| Recipient: | Walter, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1894-1963. |
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