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3241 N. RAMPART BLVD. Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 8, 1947 Con-R. HON. JOSEPH W. MARTIN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D.C. DEAR SIR: IT SEEMS TO ME THAT INSTEAD OF WORKING TOWARD THE PRESERVATION OF OUR AMERICAN RIGHTS AND COMMUNISTIC TEN- DENCIES, THE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IS TEARING DOWN THESE RIGHTS AND FRIGHTENING WRITERS AND SPEAKERS TO A POINT WHERE THERE WILL BE NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FOR THAT REASON MY FAMILY AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED AND ANY ACTION YOU CAN BRING ABOUT TO THIS END WILL BE CONSIDERED A PATRIOTIC MOVE BY TRUE FREEDOM-LOVING AMERICAN CITIZENS. VERY TRULY YOURS, nora E. Robertson (MRS.) NORA C. ROBERTSON NCR CC - HARRY S. TRUMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CC - PARNELL THOMAS, CONGRESSMAN & HEAD OF Mamsa UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE. COPY