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Bureau of Investigation...“ Superintendent of Prisons... 1 ew grt y fled Chief Clerk. Pardon Attorney... ppointment Clerk... Mail and Files.THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROERICH MUSEUM * NEW YORK CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO BE PRESENT AT THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF ITS NEW TWENTY-FOUR-STORY EDIFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MASTER BUILDING 310 RIVERSIDE DRIVE * CORNER 103RD STREET ON MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE owt ena, a 7 N a ma, wehbe len: Om MUSEUM bahdalaat wired ee eee! ete tes een Nee eee ee ae eae ee tee ete reicnal a ae ees Perea Butte aera ECM CM ea tet Pete eters Tere eee Honorable Sir; Bue LS re ae CERT ee Cts a OCTET ATT) contemporary master, is now erecting the Master Building, its new ete ae eee eC eee ae Te Cer ee CRC e ee Te Ste ee CR CRTs as CCN eee Ce bee stone of the Master Building, on March 24th, 1929, and on that occasion to dedicate the Building to art and a loftier relation- Breese ce UCC ee Selo ne ae eb eC t Lees tation to attend the ceremony. We feel that the presence of the BOONES rae ok a Pee Pa ME Ma LT Tek eee UE SSeS ae bane pelt sata eRe CE) ee RR ERS ME aE MECC etc Sate SieTo Teen coh Maree Pawn eGR a Oe Meee PRC R Gy ten R Lea) to have from you some message to read to those who will be present, as we Imow with what enthusiasm will be greeted your word on this CTT E Rost RESO aC Reel Shae acts MTSE OMS eee eee eed eer Mer Cn) Donan oat ance Kneugf Bare he REG E tygp February 4, 1929. Dear Sir: Ian transmitting, attached horeto, copy of a commnication/addressed to the Attamey General by Mr. Louis 1.’ Musoum, of New York City. WA12 you please make immediate confé~ dential inouiries which might indicate the nature, scope, ete., of the Noerich iiuseum. Very truly yours, Director. ol. 1I5LO4. ALL INFORMATION CONTAIN HEREIN S UNCLASSIFIED ® DATEAD IVs. BYSAYE lw Wa be br Horch, President of the’ Hoerich- . ® q Ths cyst: OntGINATED AT orony mane An | Taare wien wane: |-reniopvoR wich WADE;] REPORT MADEBY: qe 2 mw NEY YORK CITY 207-29 2nPaB9 CG. A. APPEL 2 ow” rs ~ ‘HARAGTER OF ASE: z * ROERICH -“ MISCELLANEOUS MATTER (NICHOLAS KSROERICH, LOUIS L. HORCH, ({ To determine the nature of ‘LICHIMANN, FVGRANT) i activities) = al ta Ey NOBNS or FACTS: NEW YORK FILE #62-2422 fz ROERICH MUSEUM founded in 1923 for paintings of Nicholas Roerich by same persons as those who founded related DFA 3 institutions of Master Institute of United arte and Corona E 2 te Mundi, International Art Center, Inc. New building to =a a house all of these activities as well as a few apartments. Funds of Museum furnished by donations. Three pamphlets describing activities enclosed with report. CLOSED : Bureau letter dated February 4, 1929. bv. 7 AT NEW YORK CITY Agent called at the tenporary office of the ROERICH MUSEUM et 313 West 105th Street and stated to the telephone operator that he desired to obtain information in regard to the activities of the museum for use in an article which he contemplated writing for submission to a magazine. Agent was introduced to Mr. M. M. Lichtmann, First Vice- President, Mr. Lichtman stated that the ROERICH MUSEUM was founded in 1923, on Novenber 17th, as indicated by the letter heads. This Museum consists of a collect- ion of the paintings of NICHOLAS K. ROERICH, the noted artist whose paintings and tings are femous throughout the world. Mr. Roerich has for four years been ‘touring the Orient in his customary way - making paintings, writing letters, and spreading whet Mr. Lichtmann describes as the artist's remarkable influence upon the various peoples with whom he comes in contact. Many references were made by Mr. Lichtmann to the recognition which has been given the artist in Europe and other countries including the United States. He referred to the recognition afforded ROERICH by persons prominent in scientific and art circles stating that Mr. Roerich accompanied) jon part of his expedition to Mongolia end thet the influence of Mr. Roerich and| as left the impression in that country ee eat == ro 72 | rae = Ao Fie 862d AM, ag 2 New York |. . DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE a FU aAFOB OT! Wotosme w itn‘wes ‘Bebrnary 8, 1929. Hespousive to your uaxorandun of inquiry attached te 3 commmication sddressed to the Attorney densral dy Urs Le Ie Torch, President of the Roorich Cuseun, Faquesting the attendonce of the Attorney General at tho laying of the cornerstone of the building of said organization on leroy 24, 1929, I am transmitting, attached hereto, copy of report of ingiirles mado ot Yew York rolutive to tue organisation in question. should there bo farthor inforention you desire, i trust that you will aivice mo. Very traly yours, Director. Gupl. 116120, «9 caeiTAINED i yp cowTal pu INFO ASIIED HERE! ple y DATE 5NEW YORK FILE #6224228 until the Fall. C. A. APPEL 3 The ebove persons expect the laying’ of the cornerstone on the 24th of Mareh to be a very ceremonious occasion. Miss (or Mrs.) Grant furnished Agent with three publications, one entitled, NICHOLAS ROERICH, published by CORONA MUNDI, INC. which includes prints of a number of his pictures which ‘Agent considers, after viewing some of the prints of the Himaleyans paintings to be of a less vivid character than the latter. She also furnished a copy of ROERICH ADAMANT which contains a picture of Mr. Roorich, ond what are understood to be selections from his writings. In the back of this volume are advertisements of the institutions which describe then and their activities and the officers. attention is invited to the fact that the same officers appear in each of the institutions, that is, Nicholas K. Roerich, who is the Honorary President; Louis L. Horch, President; Maurice Lichtmenn, who is Vice President, and Frances R. Grent, Executive Director. There was elso furnished a. copy of the report of the directors, 1923- 1926 which adds the name of two Curators and a long list of Honorary Advisers. Attention is invited in this volune to the statement that when the MUSEUM wes founded, President Coolidge and the Mayor of New York sent expressions of felicitation. Fro the conversation, Agent inferred that Mr. Roerich has organized institutions of similarnature, if not affiliated with them in Europe, perhaps in Ruseia and Paris, and the organization of these institutions occurred short- ly after his caming to the United States from Russia, sbout lezl. Attention is invited to the list of aims of the CORONA MUNDI printed in the back of the book entitled ROERICH ADAMANT which includes: To arrange publications, arrange touring and Joan exhibitions, organize expeditions, and to establish agencies end branches in all foreign countries. Agent endeavored to ascertain from both of the persons interviewed the source of the funds with which these institutions were founded and from which their expenses are paid without any success whatever, except the state~ ment that the MUSEUM is endowed by people interested in art and the spreading of culture among the masses. Among other activities of the MUSEUM are included lectures to children which is one of the chief eins of the institution and which has been broadened now to include not only art subjects but such scientific subjects as Astronomy. One of the striking 7phases: of the paintings of Mr. Roerich are his references to religious subjects.Im his Himalayan paintings, he has the figures of BUDDHA end CHRIST and CONFUCIUS and others in poses.sometimes in strikingNEW YORK FILE #62-2422 27-29 C. A. APPEL =2- that the United Stetes' way of living and doing is very fine so thet the people are emulating the institutions of the United States and express their belief in American things by rendering every assistance to the American who travels in that country, this being very different from the feeling an American finde in European ‘countries such as some of the smaller nations liberated by Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Lichtmenn also described the activities of the two other institut- ions related to the MUSEUM which were organized previous to the orgenization of the MUSEUM. These are the i INSTITUTE OF UNITED ARTS, founded November 17, 1921 which is a school, the Surriculum of which includes practically all of the arts, ete. The other is the CORONA MUNDI INCORPORATED INTERNATIONAL ART CENTER which was established in 1922 ‘dha the words of which Agent understands to mean, literelly, "CROWN OF THE WORLD." This latter organization furnishes an outlet for articles produced by students in the school, arranges publications, lectures, concerts, etc. Agent gathered from the conversation that all of these institutions are devoted to the disseminating of information among the masses, that is, increasing the culture of all countries through the medium of what is described as universal ert, that is, a spiritual understanding arrived at through ert. Mr. Lichtmenn introduced Agent to FRANCES R. GRANT (Miss or Mrs.) Second Vice President. Miss (or Mrs.) Grant gave Agent practically the seme information, expleining how, among other things, a circular tour of the United States including the most out of the way corners, was arranged during which Mr. Roerich exhibited a nunber of his paintings and at the seme time made addition~ al paintings showing the scenery of these pleces and, presmably, dissemenating the same information. Agent understands that the present tour of Mr. Roerich is of a similer nature end Agent wes informed that Mr. Roerich had made a tour of the Himeleyans, after which a volume was published, being printed by Brentano's, which includes plates of a groat muber of paintings of various subjects, using as a background, the Himeleyans. This book was. contributed to by Miss (or Mrs.) Grant. Both of the above informed Agent that the new building at 510 Riverside Drive is to house the MUSEUM which will occupy only a small part of this space, as well as the CORONA MUNDI and MASTER INSTITUTE OF UNITED ARTS and perhaps, furnish room for some apartments which will be rented out. Agent viewed this structure and it is built of brick on the corner of Riverside Drive and West 103rd Street, being about half completed. The MUSEUM end other institutions were formerly located on the spot where this building is being erected, the MUSEUM being open to the public. The MUSEUM is now closed pending completion of the building which is expected in August although the formal opening will not beNEW YORK FILE 62-2422 27-29. O. A. APPEL 4 attitudes against the background of the Himalayan Mountains. ‘The three books given to Agent by Miss (or Mrs. Grent) are forwarded with this report to the Director. CLOSEDMemorandum re telephone call fron €107 Loe ore cet in connection with the nase of F. Nicholas Roerich and asked if the Bureau had b6 anything in connection with it. The file was secured end| was advised of its contents. He asked to take a look at it end the file was taken to him, MO'B ALL INFOREAATION CONTAINED EIN |S UNCLASSIFIED ONE BysZeLWID BECORDI| f “STOAF) ‘BUREAU CF INVESTIGATION | JUL 22 930A a JUL 2 4 1030S2-BL07—8 Febroary 8, 1929, [4 Responsive to your memrandun of incuiry attached to a cowmmication addressed to the Attorney General by Ure Le L. Torch, Prasi@ert of the Roorich Museum, requesting the attendonce of the Attorney General at u8 loyine oF the cornerstone of the building of said organization on “orcx 24, 1929, I om transmittine, attacaed nereio, con of revort of miries made at Hew York reistive to the organization in cuestion. Shouk@ there be further information you desire, _I trast that you will alvise me. Very truly yours, Director. Sng]. 115120. ALL MPS 2MATION ClUTAINED HERES IS UNCLASSIFIED... DATE4 BY Sade lwi/e prea, Honora} Vier President LMccLATCHY. Hendary Panient. Sun Francie, Cal MADISON GRANT. Hosoray Vie President caeate, Caltorsis i's tuto, Chust of the Bowe, New York Gy ew vont Cy Libis Honoraty Vice President IST LLOWD, Vie Ciena of thr Board, Wesiopons B.C Lk mocannt eorty Vie enident 1B. WILSON Tesserer FRED. MARVIN, Secetacy THE AMERICAN COALITION ener ofthe Bossd oor ann ate An Organization to Coordinate Patriotic Efforts vim fe a see REEE eae To Keep America American EA Bicone Ghnnues reWART DAVISON 204 ALBEE BUILDING EDWARD ELEMIS femae eee Washington, D.C. Pee Sette Address answer to this letter Pelee siebat ase” Suite 1203, 120 West 42n cere eam d Street eee paecueain) New York City eu’ wiron September 9, 1930. b6 : IC Mr, John Edgar Hoover, Director, Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D, C, My dear Mr, Hoover - I am enclosing you sce information I recently re- ceived from a source in Paris which I regard reliable, I do not know that this will mean anything to you, but at the same time thought you would possibly like to have them and I naturally assume they will be held in confidence. Neither nor myself have heard any- thing from Congressman Fish. 411 be back in the City on the 20th of the month. I still am of the belief that if the Committee vould consult him they would benefit greatly-therety. wore- over, when the Committee. makes a report, as you know, all the radical forces in this country organize for publicity and propaganda to belittle and attempt to discredit it. There should be some organized movement to take the offensive in this matter, approving and supporting the Committee if the report is 0.K. and therefore result in a better national understanding. Foe RQgeveh OMurtum een 62-5107 ‘Yo! SUE om LINFORMATION ee aan a EREIN |S UNCLASSIF ATE 5 BYSPACL Organizations with Representatives on the Advisory Board on the back of this letter head.- e @ ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 01-17-2008 BY 60324 uc/baw/rs/1jm ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED ON ADVISORY BOARD OF THE AMERICAN COALITION . ~“ Rae Veer omcermmanon rm SSE an Gh aaa HEL ge tee eras eee aaa” REE amnoratermcsativaae tanec (3 Woums apo te coven cn scent Penta ren concen ‘mor nb nan HH HR AUER ee ener SE LEONIA (N, J.) WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB HEME SORES [NATIONAL PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION = He Tene ae Te Le tt tx ano wo ERPS E Sa BER, PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA, NATIONAL CAMP. HRT: Senn erumae saa Be Sa ara gr ROSE HE SERS RATS Ey UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION, INC. SUIBEAH REMC SEES cer ‘VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE U. §, (AMERICANIZATION COMMITTEE) emermeaco re SET REBESTS A ae mnouns aerser coma anon 2crrSEP 11 1930 Soptember U, 150, "/ ‘The eFl ean Coalition, Suite 1203, 190 it 42nd. Streo. Now York, New York. Ry dear} T received your ¢, 77a Mish to thank you for ti F shall read the aane with I am hopin~ to Week or ten to be there the cit; hin, at the tine OmMURIcation of September oth, he Srclosure containeg therein, Considerable Pleasure, de in New York Within the next deye and trust that it ¥411 be my 'Y 80 that I can Aecuss the general situation mith With dest Tegards, I an Sincerely yours, Director, ALL INFORMATION CS:;TAINED DATE. LASSIFIED HEREIN IS UL sO ehulult a aNICHOLAS ROERICH o= Arrived Zomtey per S, S, Hacedonia, 30/11/23; with wife and tuo sons GEORG NICHOIns andSVIATOSLAV, bearing RUSSIAN passports with BRITISH visas. Vent agra, arriving 10/12/23, thence Delhi 14/12/23, which they left for DARJEBLING, arriving 25/12/23. After staying Darjeeling for 2 months, Roerich and son Sviastoslav went to Anerica, leaving wife and George behind, In 1924 made first impression in New York as "great Russian painter vho has spent life in the Hast," Vague impression current "very occult" and connecting him with China. Left New York Saying he vas going to China again. (cf. newspapers.) Returned from New York, arriving DANUSHKODI on 16/1/25 accompanied by V. Shitayeff, described as "secretary". Shiteyeff Iatvian, came from Paris, with British visa given at Riga, 27/8/24, From Danushkodi vent NADRAS, thence DARJEELING. (Plo~ce See map, this is not quite direct route). Shitayeff left Darjeeling 24/2/25 saying he was going back to his country but all troce of him was lost and it is not known whether he left India, The Roerichs left for MASHKIR and LADAKH 6/3/25. In Kashmir permission given to R., son George and wife to spend a year at LH from Sept. 25 for the purpose of “executing a series of paintings vith the Himalaya range as background, and several special paintings of the country surrounding Leh and Ladakh." In lay 1926 Roerich asked permission to go from Ieh to Chinese Turkestan about the end of OCTOEER 1925, as he wished to return to USA via China and Japan. Obtained this * and visa from Chinese, and arrived KHOTAN about beginning November 1925, (Please note dates here. He meant to stay in Leh during 1926, Instead about 4 month after making these srrangemente he changed hie mind, and decided to return to USA. To get to IBH is ainut 6 to 9 weeks trek, therefore, judging by times, he cannot have gone to Leh when no changed his mind. At the most he may have spent 3 months in Ieh, before starting for Khoten.) In 1926 a took appeared in New York purporting to record his experiences in travelling ‘through Thibet FRO: CHINA, with his son. As far as remembered no one else is mentioned. It contains paintings supposed to have been done in the interior of Thibet ty Roerich, and I think a picture of himself and syne son as lamas. He also gave, in 24, to (1) of .irts and Decoration Liagazine a plaque in gold_or some such metal which he told ber hed ven given him ty a lama in Thibet, (name: }) This shown at party in New York in September 1926, Roerich was not then in New York. For reviews of book see files NE‘ YORK TIHES Sunday magazine section. QUERY: Exact date of publication of book, and publisher, ‘here did Roerich write this? BIC While Roerich vas still in Kashmir enquiries about him came from london as he was suspected of Communist activities in New York. In KHOTAN Roerich had difficulties with authorities because he was in possession of passport issued by RUSSIAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 1917, ith Hritish assistance he obtained facilities to proceed to KASHGAR, and left there for URULICHI on his way to China on 26/2/26. noe In SEPTE) IR 1926 it was discovered that he and his family had gone direct from URU.ICHI eos ALL INFORMATION CO. /AINED HEREIN I$ UNCLASSIFIED DATFUZIES «RV code luluThereupon steps were taken to prevent his getting @ British viea for India again, In JUNB AND JULY 1927 he was still in Moscow, and reported to be -contemplating @ visit from thence to India via Thibet, EXTRACT FROW PEKIN & TSIENTSIE TIUES, April 192 Noscow, spril 4th: Nicholas K. Roerich Has just left Urga, capital of in- dependent tiongolian Republic at head of expedition sponsored by LENINGRAD Academy of Science, on two year trip ta THIBET which he will probably enter from Chinese territory. Behind thie announcement lies a romantic story, Several months ago Professor Roerich who, despite his long stay in the USA, still retained his Russian citizenship, was travelling in a little known region north of the Himalayas, With 4 enéll party he left his companions in Chinese Turkestan and crossed into Russian Turkestan, There he ap;arently vanished, Enquiries through the British Mission elicited nothing. It is now learned that he spent some time in Moscow, where he made his peace vith the Soviet authorities, then went to LENINGRAD, and got in touch with the Acadeny of Science with a view to the present expedition, While waiting he painted a large picture, showing @ red rider on 4 horse bringing freedom, symdolised by a red star, to the Mongolian people, This was presented a few weeks ago to the Mongolian Government at URGA where Professor Roerich has been preparing for the expedition, and he received the public thanks of the President of the Republic. Professcr Roerich is founder of the INTERNATIONAL ART CENTRE at 310 Riverside Drive New York; one section of which contains the ROSRICH UUSEW!, containing 60 paintings made ty Roerich in Thibet under the shadow of the Himalayas in 1923, when he made his firet expedition to that country with his wife and his son George, the noted Orientalist of Harvard University and the Sorbonne. On his return to New York in 1924 Professor Roerich said he regarded Thibet as "the greatest spiritual country in the world today, and believed that much could be learned there about the mysteries of life." Please note discrepancies in above account, If Roerich vas at URGA on April 4th how was he reported to be still in !0SCoW June-July of that year UNLESS he went back to Moscot, in which case the newspaper report was quite possibly deliterately circu- lated as a blind. NOTH the falseness of the story atout his stay in Thibet in 1923, end omission of al] mention of SVIATOSIAV who vas with him then in Darjeeling. NOTE: URGA was Base headquarters for supplies veing forwarded to Chins by Mosow during 1926, 1927. ISPAPER CUTTING, early 1921 the ROERICH AIMLRICAN EXPEDITION vhich has teen out since 1924 is sponsored by the-AQBRICH HUSEUI of New York, and other American art institutions, The Huseum is now occupying temporary premises at 313 West 105th Street, during the erection of a sky scraper home. To meet Frofessor fosrich and members of the expedition a commission is being sent from America from the Rberich huseum, NASTER INSTITUTE OF UNITED. ARTS, INTERNATIONAL ART CENTRE, and SOCIETY SF FRIENDS OF ROBRICH MUSEU, which have sponsored their travels. FRANCES R.WGRANT, vice president of the Roerich Huseum, and irs, Sina Lichtman, director of the Laster Institute of United Arts andvice presi- dent of the BUDDHIST CENTRE will leave tonight on the Berengaria, In Paris they will meet the third member of the commission, SVIATOSIAV-ROERICH, director of the Inter- national Art Centre, They will go to Bombay to meet the members of the expedition in SIKKI:, INDIA about the middle of August.HoTE: This is the first nevs of an AMERICAN expedition. No mention of this was made in India, nor were any Americans vith Roerich, Nor was there any real. expedition except to HOSCOW, . Moreover the expedition FROM Moscow vas said BY Moscow to be sponsored by the Leningrad Academy of Science, The American art institutions sponsoring said expeditions are, it vill be noted, almost all practically one and the same thing under different nanes. During early 1927, late 1926, a Dr, Arthur Roy, Ph.D.D,Litt..D. professing to re- present the NEil SYNDICATE, press, address CORONA MUNDI, RIVERSIDE DRIVE, New York, vas queried because of his association with various known revolutionaries in Calcutta, Corona tiundi is another of Roerich's addresses. JUNE 1928 Roerich arrived Darjeeling, from Thibet, dearing a USA PASSPORT without a visa. With him vere the following: - Ere, Helen Roerich, George Nicholas Roerich, Col. Nicholas Vaxkérdashevsky, retired, described as Roerich's secretary, Dr, piabinin, with followers and servalts, The party vas permitted to remain rather thal’ send them tack to Thibet, No information given as to their passports other than that of Roerich. end vent to Shanghat. , KORDASHEVORY to 1TALY by Italian boat (Trieste Line.) The following interesting points appear not to have been known to the British, and possibly are still unknown: RDASHEVSKY: Could this person have any connection with "KORDE" . an Asst, to the Military Attache, cf report so signed . dealing vith munitions supplied to Chinese, Possibly from Urge. Seized among papers of Soviet Embassy Pekin. It seems curious that the party should so consistently have names closely resembling those known to be of Soviet agents lately in China, who vould, moreover, te obliged to leave their stations oving to possible discovery, and to change in sitwtion in in China, betveen 1927-28, URGA is headquarters for vork in China, where they would proceed. SHANGHAI vas, and may still te unless it has k shifted in the present year, headquartersof Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party. Could there ve any object in coming on such a journey? Circular from Moscow to \ agents in Chins directs (paras, 1 and 9) special attention to survey of province of Sin Kiang, and activities of British in Wi, China and Thitet. ROBRICH has nov met his American friends, and has arrived (Dec, 20th) in Simla, Following interview with| announces intention of going up through Kangra and Kulu. There is @ pass to Thibet Lahoul that way but at this time of year it is protably, almost undoubtedly closed,7 - sun miroruarten comacme> ic e . HEREIN Ts UNCLASSIFIED DATE 01-17-2008 BY 60324 uc/baw/rs/1jm Letter from| (She is the wite of | Be the war, He is the brother of| p T> The Editor of the 'Peoplet Lahore. (Lajpat Rai) dated 24/8/27 received in India 16/9/27 vorked with the Germans during Dear IAlaji, I am reading these days the special appeal of in the Indian Press for the gentle sk sum of $100,000 to tight I citizenship Tights in America, Please take a clear stand on this issue in ‘Tie Beopier, 1 have-Tedrnt that since I left the USA nas used a number of events in an attempt to get large sums of money from Anprican 2, and now he is doing it in Inia: fy infotsant 16, epong otters, [oo | oho. broke wah] because of some of hie shameless actions. — I reguest you to keep names out of the press, but if Indians give any money to Americ you have the right to demand a strict account of its expendi- ture, and if $100,000. is given for American work, it should be given into the hands of some reliable Indian in India who should be sent_to America for the purpose. Under no condition should money be sent loosely as. appeal reads. went to the Hindustan Ghadr party some time ago - so Ghadr men tell me - and asked for £10,000 to fight @ citizenship case, Of course he did not get it. He crossed the Yontirient by train but went tack by automobile. Where he got it I dont know. Please do not publish my letter for I cannot prove these things. But these tales reach me from every quarter and J cannot help but_put faith in them. told me-recently, for instance, tna] invited| ens (im prison during the var) to dinner an the St, Prancis Hotel in San Francisco - a place to which a simple and honest woman vould never go othervise, After he had had @ fine dinner he &@ asked her over the table for ¥100, She wrote the dirty story to nd he asked [ Prout it. did not deny it but tried to laugh it off, The stories that reach me are so dirty that I can't believe that everybody is lying. I am not opposed to work in America, but I hope money given for such work would go through honest hands only and the Indian National Congress, if . large suns must be spent in any land, should send official representatives. Nor have I any personal motives at stake in writing what I do, for I have nothing personal against| vith love