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the afternoon there will be a meeting with the United Biates -
Ey Attorney, tl the federal investigative agencies 3 and the Federal
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Judges. We leave Portland at 3:45 p.m. and arrive at Seattle

4:30 p.m. That evening there is to be a dinner with the
Federal Judges at Seattle.

October 7 - there is to be a meeting with the United
States Attorney from Seattle as well as the United States Attorney
from Spokane, who is to come to Seattle. There will also be a
meeting of the federal investigative agencies.

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At Los Angeles I also talked with Assistant United States
Attorney Thomas Sheridan who was still talking about his visit with the
Director in Washington. Sheridan described this visit as the greatest
thing that ever happened to him and he was going to write the Director
and thank him. He asked in this regard if it would be alright to
request an autographed photograph of the Director and he was told that
he should by all means feel free to include this in his letter.

ee a Cooperation Between Federal Investigative AGencies

The meetingsof the heads of various fedexi investigative
agencies in each of the cities were one of the main purposes of the
Attorney General's trip. He consistently, after opening the nreting
with a brief remark as to its purpose, called on the FBI first. Our
SACs who attended these meetings presented an excellent account of
the activities of the field division which clearly dominated the whole
meeting. The Director's foresight and insistence on promptness in
getting information out to the field concerning the new crime legislation
enacted in Congress was most important as the FBI representatives

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have received from of the United States, 74 Trinity P1 Place,
New York City, toa honoring the British Ambassador,
avid Ormaby Gore. requested a check be made of
Bureau indices regar rims of the United States. :

A check of Bureau records reflected no record regarding vA Te
the Pilgrims of the United States and ED wo: 80 advised.

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At 8:85 p.m., November 14, 1961, Nancy Brown, Secretary to
Attorney General Kennedy, telephonically advised that she had just received
a request from the White House in that President Kennedy wanted the Attorney. . ..
General to get in touch with him immediately. Miss Brown requested that they yk
FSI get this information to the Attorney General,as soon as possible. dh é.

At 8:40 p.m., Operator, White House, called and wanted <--
to know when the Attorney eral was due in Dallas, Texas, an

At 8:50 p.m., the Dallas Office telephonically advised that the
Attorney General was due to arrive in Dallas, Texas, at 8:35 p.m., Central
Standard Time, on American Airliner Flight #431.

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The Dallas Office was advised to have an Agent meet American Airline
Flight #431 and furnish to Assistant Director Evans the information that the
Attorney General was to contact President Kennedy immediately.

Miss Brown was advised that a representative of our Dallas Office
would meet American Airline Flight #431 and her information would be
furnished to the Attorney General.

Le
was advised that the Attorney General was due to arrive f
in Dallas at 8:35 p.m., Central Standard Time. / \

At 10:05 p, . telephonically advised that the Attorney abl
General had called and with the President. said she wanted”
to thank the FBI for the prompt handling of this matter.

At 1:05 p.m., Mr. Evans telephonically advised from Dallas that the ~
call from the Attorney General to the President concerned the purchase of some

“art master pieces that were to be sent to Russia. The White House was
yexploring through the Attorney General the possible ways that this shipment

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that while gambling was illegal in this state per ge, “cardroons
operating with punchboards and pinball machines operated rather
openly under licenses extended by cities as a result of city |

-~* ordinances. ‘I pointed out that in anticipation of the passage of”

his suggested legislation, we had developed the identity of the
sources importing this material into the State and currently ~ |
were actively investigating them to determine if they are in -
violation of the law after it is passed. -I advised him that the
one individual who had operated a racing wire service here had —
reportedly discontinued her activities once the statute was
passed and signed by the President. _ 7 et

In the discussion, ‘1 advised hin that ‘after the
legislation had been passed that we had brought this to the
attention of the law enforcement agencies throughout the entire
State and were currently in the process of holding a series of
conference with them so they may be apprised of the scope of the
new legislation and our interest in it. The Attorney General
manifested a great deal of interest in this and felt it was -- |
advisable to have it done through out the > country, which I assured
him was being done. - Lote ne os

The representative from Inmigration and Naturalization
Service spoke briefly about the problem they encountered -
through the ease with which people can travel between the United
States and Canada; however, pointed out they had identified the
Canadian criminals who travel to this country frequently and
are on the alert for them and arrange to apprehend them,
_ deporting them upon their being located here. oh .

The representative from the Bureau of Customs “spoke
” briefly about their success in determining the source of heroin
coming. into this country from the Orient. The Attorney General
was particularly interested in determining whether or not the
Customs Service had been able to specifically identify the
sources in the Orient providing this heréén to this country.
The representative pointed out that at best they felt that their
success lied in continually harassing the shippers rather than
being able to cut oft the flow entirely. , . L

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an THE COMMUNIST PARTY, SA, ALIGHNENT |
Hoe WITH SOVIET NUCLEAR TESTS

“The Vorker,” an east coast communist newspaper, ia
the issue of Septender 3, 1961, carried an editorial demanding
“a permanent ban on testing.” Soviet Prenier Nikita Khrushchev
had just announced to the world that the Soviet Union was

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Feeusing the Sesting of nuclear boabs, Sut the Septeaber 3

issue ef “The Vorker," which was distributed on September 1,
was printed too early to be called back.

The September 10, 1961, issue of "The Worker," how-
ever, contained four articles rationalizing and attempting to
justify the Soviet actions in resuming auclear tests. These
. articles pleaded the Soviet cause by proposing ‘that the Boviet
action im resuming tests is a righteous, defensive necessity
for peace. The world is threatened with the grave peril ot

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FROM: CGA. Brand) Robert Kennedy ese

goRyEct: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S TRIP TO DALLAS

At approximately 8:35 p.m., November 14, 1961, the Attorney
General's secretary contacted my office. She desired to know whether we
could assist in contacting the Attorney General since President Kennedy desired
to get in touch with him as soon as possible. A few minutes after the call
from the Attorney General's secretary the White House operator also inquired
concerning the arrival time of the Attorney General in Dallas, Texas, indicating
the President desired to talk with him.

Since it was known the Attorney General was to arrive in Dallas,
Texas, at approximately 8:35 p.m., central standard time (9:35 Washington
time), the Dallas Office was immediately requested to contact Assistant
Director Evans upon his arrival in Dallas for the purpose of having the
Attorney General contact President Kennedy immediately upon arrival,

These arrangements were relayed to both the Attorney General's
Office and the White House, At approximately 10:05 p.m., — BIC
operator at the White How e,tel advised that the Attorn: eral
had talked with the President. aren stated she wanted to thank the
FBI for the prompt assistance in this matter.

Subsequently to the above, Mr. Evans telephonically advised
from Dallas that the call from the Attorney General to the President
concerned the purchase of some art master pieces that were to be sent
to Russia. The White House was exploring through the Attorney General WA

the possible ways that this shipment of art could be prevented.

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The Attorney General's office made available fifty-eight
tickets to the Horse Show last evening. Since many more Bureau
personnel indicated an interest in attending, the tickets were
equitably apportioned among the various divisions.

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Several employees have called this morning to advise how
enjoyablé the show was. Accordingly, there is attached a
memorandum to the Attorney General which the Director may
desire to’ send.

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Robert Feavale Kewnedg id.

Mr. Belmont: Oy.) -*&
‘ The Attorney General asked me to see him today about
{ @ personal situation. Last eve: verness employed
3 in the Kennedy househol: was returning with ~
some of the Kennedy children, prised a man in the bushes ——

near the Kennedy home. This immediately fled to a nearby
automobile and rapidly drove away without turning on the auto-
mobile lights. Kennedy said he had not told his wife about the
incident as he did not want to alarm her. He wondered, however,
what thoughts we might have with regard to such a matter.

it was suggested to the Attorney General that this

appeared to be a personal matter which he would have to decide
for himself. In this connection it was pointed out, as evidenced
by the reported disappearance of one of the maids at the Kennedy
home last week, no one seemed to have much knowledge as to the
real identity and background of the servants employed by the

ttorney General, The Attorney General himself hardly knows
the names of many of them. He thought that this added precaution
should be taken.

With respect to prowlers, it was suggested that the
Attorney General might be in a better position to decide what
protection he should provide for his household if he were aware
of what action is already being taken by the loca! police depart-
ment, such as the frequency of patrols in the area. The Attorney
General said it would be most helpful if we could furnish him t
with this information.

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If the Director approves, I will paved bentor Resident /
Agent at Alexandria make a discreet check with the Fatrfax Pottee===

for the purpose of determining what protection that agenc:
the neighborhood of the Attorney General and whether Uleitba

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Memorandum to Mr. Belmont
RE: PROWLER AT THE HOME OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

ACTION TO BE TAKEN:

If approved by the Director, we will comply with the Attorney
‘General's request and furnish any pertinent information to him by a personal
memorandum which will, of course, be submitted to the Director prior

to being forwarded.

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Re: Prowler at Home of Attorney General .-
Robert Kennedy

Major Durrer said that he had had no other complaints of this
nature from the Robert Kennedy residence. ot

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hae 4 i] the county in which the Kennedy's reside (within a half mile) and advised
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Tr the first of 1960. He said that a
Mc Lean, Virginia, which is across S7&
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A check by the Fairfax police found nothing but a dog in the complainant's
yard.

Major Durrer advised that the end of the county in which the
Kennedy's reside, covering an area of approximately 14 square miles,
had had 82 prowler complaints since the first of 1960 but that many of
these had been determined to be unfounded and that he could not recall
prowlers being any particular problem to them in this area. He said this
number of prowler complaints was in line with those of a similar nature
elsewhere in the county.

Major Durrer assured that this matter would be kept confidential
and stated that he would be glad to assist in any way possible if further
action is desired.

ACTION:

None. For information,



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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ,

Memora.dam C

to: Mr. Be! pare: October 10, 19610 Bulira
FROM : C. A. Evans gw 7 a ieee
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3 SUBJECT: ° TRAVEL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fetert 97 wate

The White House reception for the Judiciary this evening
has required a change in the Attorney General's plans relative to
conferences with United States Attorneys and Federal Judges scheduled
for the Midwest this week. This is a continuation of the program
which began on the West Coast last week.

The Attorney General now plans to leave Washington

} Wednesday morning, October ll, 1961, arriving at Kansas City at

10:00 a.m. Visits are scheduled there with the United States Attorney:
for the Western District of Missouri, as well as the United States
Attorneys from Kansas and Nebraska. In addition to meetings with
the Federal Judges, the Attorney General also has an appointment to
see former President Truman, This latter appointment can only be
regarded as a political one and I will not participate in this.

~. ‘The Attorney General will leave Kansas City at 5:30 p.m. —
on Wednesday and fly to Chicago.

- There has been no change in the schedule for Thursday,
October 12, In addition to conferences with the United States Attorneys
for the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Wisconsin,
and-the Western District of Michigan and meetings with the Federal

Judges, the Attorney General is to review a noontime Columbus Day

parade, visit the Chicago antitrust office, and attend a meeting of the |
Judicial Conference Sentencing Institute (this institute is the one which i
Assistant Director DeLoach is scheduled to address on the afternoon o: Y J
October 12),

On Friday, October 13, the Attorney General will fly to
Minneapolis for conferences with the United States Attorneys for the
District of Minnesota, North and South Dakota and the Northern District
of Iowa. We are returning to Washington, arriving at Friendship Airport

at 9:30 p,m. 751 1397- /5. =

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attending these conferences were the only ones fully informed as to the
new laws. Even the United States Attorneys have been dependent on
the FBI field office for all advice received to date concerning this
legislation. The United States Attorneys so informed the Attorney
General who was obviously impressed by the efficiency of the FBI

but he was equally unimpressed by the delay of the Criminal Division
of the Department in informing the United States Attorneys as to the
new legislation. The Attorney General also commented most favorably
on learning that the FBI was discussing the newly enacted legislation
in police conferences throughout the country.

Tours of FBI Offices

The Attorney General visited FBI offices in San Francisco
and Portland and expressed his regret at the fact time limitations precluded
seeing our offices in Los Angeles and Seattle. He observed publicly as
to the impressive appearance of the office space, the personnel and the
reflected efficient operation. In San Francisco he spoke to the supervisory
staff and stopped briefly at the Criminal Intelligence Conference of west
coast agents being held in the San Francisco Office. He commented that
the agents attending this conference looked like real veterans to whom
excellence would be common-place. He said he knew now why the FBI
got results and that more could be accomplished in the Department proper
if someway could be found to retain outstanding people the way the FBI
did.

The Attorney General expressed great interest in the
meeting itself. He felt this was an excellent idea and wished he had
time to narticipate as he knew he would learn a great deal. He said
he hoped he might be able to attend at least part of such conferences
in the future.

Miscellaneous Matters

In Los Angeles the Attorney General stayed overnight at
his sister's home (Mrs. Peter Lawford). While there he indicated he fs
was going to confer with some of the motion picture studio executives
concerning the filming of his book, "The Enemy Within."


¥TED STATES DEPARTMFNT on pubrics

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTroATION

1340 West Sixth Street
Los Angeles 1/, California
Movember 7, 1961

The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy so B
Attorney General . .
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Attorney General: a

I wish to thank you for your very kind letter.

I found your comments concerning the results of
your visite to various cities most interesting. You may
be sure that we will exert every possible effort to achieve
the objective in the important programs mentioned by you.

I enjoyed very much meeting you and assure you
that 1t was a pleasure to handle the arrangements. Your

generous comments will be made known to my associate
i hap) o extend your regards to Special Agents
and 1k
With kindest regards,
Sincerely,

W. @. SIMON
Special Agent in Charge

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won YELRASE avesiet, SEPTEMEER 5, 1961 . PAGE 2
BY FULTON LEWIS, JR. xx Union,
Onetime publicity director for the Rockford CIO Industriel Council
at Rockford, Illinois, Field representative for the CIO United Public
Workers Union in Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska,

*Business manager of the old Wisconsin CIO News, in 1946,
when that weekly's staff direction was largely pro-Communist.

*Home Secretary of former Congressman Gerald Flynn, a part-time
Job Corbin claims he lost in a misunderstanding. Flynn says only that
he canned Corbin after learning of his “past involvements.”

. Knowledgeable Democrats see little future for Corbin at the
party's national committee, Attorney General Kennedy, who stuck by his
protege at first, 1s said to be wavering, The opinion persists that
Corbin will shortly pack his bags and depart Washington,

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Administration spokesmen are tight-lipped, but the President
is ready to supply the Communist satellite of Poland with more
foreign aid dollars,

To date, more than $650 million has been sent to Warsaw in the
futile hope that Wladyslaw Gomulka and Company can be weaned away
from Moscow, Kennedy hopes to "stabilize the Polish economy" and to
build up medium industry,

Earlier this summer, the Poles opened a new production line at
the Lenin steel works in Nova Huta, On hand to participate in the
ceremonies were U.S, Ambassador Jacob Beam and Acting Polish Prime
Minister Jozef Cyrankiewicz.

The latter thanked Beam for the American aid and asked for
more, He is the same Red official who addressed an anti-U.S, rally
in Wersaw last spring in which President Kennedy was denounced as

"hypocritical."
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z= ATTORNEY GENERAL/S VISIT TO DALLAS. AG KENNEDY ARR. VED DALLAS EIGHT

IVENTY FIVE PM, NOV FOURTEEN AS SCHEDULED. DEPARTED FOUR FIFTY PM, NOV
FIFTEEN VIA AMERICAN AIRLINES EN ROUTE WASH« De Ce DURING STAY
IN DALLAS AG MET WITH PRESS MOMENTARILY AT AIRPORT AND AGAIN AT PRESS
CONFERENCE AT NINE AM NOV FIFTEEN, IN CONNECTION WITH NOV FIFTEEN
PRESS CONFERENCE, HE ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS VIGOROUSLY AND WHEN =
QUESTIONED AT ONE POINT RE COMMUNISTS IN UNITED STATES HE STATED @uOTS
‘J, EDGAR HOOVER, WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT COMMUNISTS THAN ANY OTHER PERSON
IN THE UNITED STATES, HAS FACTUALLY SET FORTH INFORMATION CONCERNING
COMMUNIST WBNAcE "nauore AND AG FELT THAT INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER

SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE FBI AND VIGILANTE GROUPS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO

GT INTO SQHETHING THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. FURTHER, HE STATED THE FBI

| HAS EEN PERFORMING A MAJOR SERGE 0 THE maTiON, IN CONNESTION vy 2
security AND Fay cn areal’ kergprties. AG vided DALAAs Ae Bs AN § cohneiet
TO HIS AIDES; a, PRESENCE OF ‘Sac PuAT T THE REAT ae BUSINESS -
APPEARANCE OF ‘THE OFFICE AND THE APPEARANCE OF fle viaiodind vas =e
IMPRESSIVE, AG ALSO WELD CONFERENCE WITH FEDERAL Law ENFORCE y:
MENACE: AND Py THE NEED FOR CONTINUED samest1enTi8 oF OF HOODLUMS

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ST, LOUIS TEN THIRTYFIVE A. M, NOVEMBER FOURTEEN LAST, 8°"
PET BY ME AND U, S, ATTORNEY, ST. LOUIS. PRESS CONFERENCE ~
HELD AND PRIVATE LUNCHEON FOLLOWED, U.S. DISTRICT AND ©
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, MAYOR, AND SENATOR STUART SYMINGTON
AMONG “THOSE ATTENDING LUNCHEON. CONFERENCE WELD WITH

HEADS OF PRINCIPAL FEDERAL INVESTICATIVE AGENCIES. ATTORNEY
CENERAL MADE TOUR OF BUREAU OFFICE, MEETING EACH EMPLOYEE
AVAILABLE, DEPARTED ST, LOUIS FOR DALLAS SIX THIRTY Pe Ms,
NOVEMBER FOURTEEN LAST,
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November 16, 1961

Dear Mr. Hoover:

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It has come to my attention ot Ce a Special
Agent in your Anniston office, was of invaluable assist-
ance to the attorneys for the Department in the investiga-
tion of the Anniston bus burning case.

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wish that you would express to him our sincere
appreciation.

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in this case.

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UNITED STATES
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TO :. MR. HOOVER DATE:

SAC MILNES PERSONAL ATTENTION By, rl —|

ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY

As you know, Mr. KENNEDY, accompanied by Assistant————_—__
mY Attorney General JOHN REILLY; Mr. ED GUTHMAN, the Directqr of————
t Public Relations for the Department of Justice, and recede of ——
Director C. A. EVANS, arrived in Seattle on October 7, 1961,

for a conference with the United States Attorneys in the

Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, their assistants

and representatives of the federal enforcement agencies in

the Seattle area. They stayed at the Olympic Hotel, occupy-

ing the presidential suite.

way

The program during his stay here was arranged by
United States Attorney BROCK ADAMS for the Western District
of Washington. The Attorney General and his party had dinner
with Judge WILLIAM J. LINDBERG, Presiding Judge, Western
District of Washington, U. S. District Judge WILLIAM T. BEEKS,
Western District of Washington, and U. S. District Judge
CHARLES L. POWELL of the Eastern District of Washington, at
the fainter Club on Friday evening.

- On Saturday morning the Attorney General_met with
Father ALBERT A, LEMIEUX, President of Seattle University,
and.Dr. PAUL A. VOLPE of Seattle University, representatives:
from the SEATTLE TIMES newspaper, with whom he had breakfast,
in his quarters. Thereafter he met with members of thé” United:
States Attorney's staff and I was provided an opportunfty to
sit in on this conference. He thereafter met with the heads
of the federal enforcement agencies in the Seattle are&.’ Very
briefly I outlined to him generally the crime conditions in
the state as they applied to the Bureau and indicated that our f
intelligence program had disclosed to us in advance of the be
sponsored legislation the field in this state where this
legislation would very likely apply. I advised him that we had
arranged to advise the law enforcement officers in the state
of the new legislation and were currently holding conferences
throughout the country, bringing to the law enforcement agencies
the scope of this legislation. This Particulse point was most «¢,
satisfying to him. Cong 22i COW

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N. P. Callahan

BD sunpect: The Congressional Record

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NOT RECORDED
199 ocT 5 i961

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In the original of a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressional,
7 Record for “- wbe& { was reviewed and pertinent items were
matked for the Director's attention. This form has been prepared in order that
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portions of a copy of the original memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and placed

6 4 CRG’ gg ere or subject matter files.

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| Pages 30053-20056. Senator Ketazver, (CD) Tennessee, subsiitted .
& report, tron. the U. 5. News and World Keport of September 15th, of an isterriew in
with the Attorney General dealtaz with eovetament sac business, Ar. Kelauver N
Pointed cut that be was impressed with the rt of the interriew in which
Mr. Kennedy ‘demonstrates a tacrosch retending 6f tee various Ceparta-ents  ~
and protiens of the Department of Justice aad that bis only purpose is tc 6o bis ~~
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newspaper articles appearing in the "Los Angeles Times" ‘\
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of the Attorney General at a press conference in the :
United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, on 10/4/61.

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visit oF aTHOAY GAIA TO LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES newsearans-{ &
AFFORDING EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO COMMENTS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

AT PRESS CONFERENCE UNITED STATES ATTYS OFFICE LOS ANGELES

TODAY. SOME ARTICLES QUOTE ATTY GENERAL AS SAYING COMMUNIST

PARTY IN UNITED STATES NOT PARTICULARY DANGEROUS BUT OMIT

HIS STATEMENT IRON CURTAIN COUNTRIES ESPIONAGE ON INCREASE 3 2

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ATTY GENERAL ALSO MISQUOTED AS FAVORING NATIONAL CRIME ‘ 17~ Car

COMMISSION. HE ACTUALLY STATED ORGANIZED CRIME EXISTS IN TM

MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CITIES BUT HE FAVORED APPROACH OF COOPERATION

AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH COORDINATION BY JUSTICE

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Thereafter be met with representatives of the press
in the United States Attorney's office, attended a,
in at the residence of Dr. CHARLES E. ODZGAARD, $I
re esicn: of the University of Washington in e. er
at he attended the University of Washington-Pittsburgh football
oo gawe until the half, when he departed to return to Washington,
D.C.

Upon arriving at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, Northwest
Airlines, on which he was schedujed to depart, announced an hour
delay in their flight, which disturbed him considerably. There-
after he engaged in an extended discussion with representatives
of the Northwest Airlines on the scene, concerning not only this
unannounced delay but what he understood to be a similar type of
service rendered by them previously on countless occasions.

He departed from this Division on United Air Lines at
11:00 P.M., returning to Washington, D.C.

It was very evident to me that the presence of
Assistant Director EVANS with the Attorney General is of in-
estimable value so far as the Bureau is concerned. Mr. EVANS
was able to advise me generally the format of these conferences
and it was very apparent that Mr. EVANS has the confidence
of the Attorney General and he depends to a great extent on
Mr. EVANS. So far as the Bureau's relationship with the
Attorney General is concerned, it is very apparent that Mr.
EVANS’ presence smooths the way considerably, accomplishing
this with a great deal of dignity and diplomacy.



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Sect: APPEARANCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL caer ees Pie
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The Attorney General wag interviewed on "Meet the Press" at
| 6 p.m. on 9-24-61 on NBC. Most of the questioning dealt with the international

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situation and the present relationship between the Attorney General's Office and
the Presidency inasmuch as the Attorney General is the President's brother.

The Attorney General was questioned about the wiretap bill which
the Administration had recommended to Congress. He said that the law which the
Administration has requested is vital to cope with certain segments of organized
crime and the increased incidence of espionage in this country. He said espionage

I against the United States is at its highest level in history. The Attorney General
was questioned concerning evidence of this increase and he said he could not
answer that.

He was also questioned about the Administration's Civil Rights
Legislation with the preface that the Administration seemed not to have achieved Q
what was promised by the President in his campaign. The Attorney General “N
replied that the Administration had accomplished more than had been at any Oe
time previously in this field through executive action which had proved to be . \
more effective than any legislation they could hope to get passed. i

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suggested that USA GARRITY have more frequent contacts with
of the Federal investigative agencies

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that an effective job was done and called

the "extra 5% effort needed".

He stated

that the Federal agencies have the talent, background and
skill to do the job and the purpose of the meeting was to
instill the need of putting in the extra effort to get the
job done. He stated that his office had made some major
gains, such as the passage of the gambling legislation,
land that there have been some prosecutions, but it was
extremely important to exercise more effort to meet the
problem of the organized crime and racketeering.

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, Memorandum to Mr. Belmont

="RE: PROWLER AT HOME OF ATTORNEY
: GENERAL ROBERT KENNEDY,

MC LEAN, VIRGINIA, 10/16/61

After checking his records, Durrer advised there was only one
complaint from Mrs. Robert Kennedy, 4700 Chain Bridge Road, McLean,
| Virginia. This occurred on 9/12/60 when Mrs. Kennedy reported there was
(a prowl . Investigation determined a Yellow Cab, operated
by one iil Washington, D. C., had taken a maid from the ~7C-
bus terminal in Washington to the Kennedy home and had backed on the grass

and had trouble backing off the grass. Mrs. Kennedy was s0 advised. No
other complaints of this nature have been received from the Kennedy residence.

The above was obtained on a confidential basis from Major
| Durrer who was very cooperative and volunteered that if desired, he could
} increase the patrol in the vicinity of the Kennedy home.

ACTION:

Ii approved, this information will be passed on to the Attorney

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SAC Harvey Foster, New York, telephonically
advised at 9:23 a.m., that he had just talked with the Attorney
General and that Mr. Kennedy was planning to leave Lake
Placid at approximately 3:30 to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight
Time, aboard the airplane Caroline. SAC Foster stated at
this time it was not known exactly when the Caroline would
arrive in Lake Placid to bring Mr. Kennedy back to Washington.
He stated he could be contated at Lake Placid, today, in the
event any additional information was desired,

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Miss Novello, the Attorney General's personal
secretary, telephoned at 12:25 p.m., and advised that the
Attorney General decided to return directly to Washington,
He is expected about 5:30 p.m., today, September 16, 1961.

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ARRIVED SAN FRANCISCO VIA NAVY PLANE TEN FORTYTWO A. M. oc OBER, FIVE i
LAST. AG HAD PRESS CONFERENCE IN USA-S OFFICE ELEVEN THIRTY As Me °
ATTENDED LUNCHEON WITH FEDERAL DISTRICT AND APPELLATE COURT JUDCES, ‘
TOWNE HOUSE HOTEL. WAS PRESENT AT SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES FOR Us S. x
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE BENJAMIN C, DUNIWAY. THEREAFTER HAD CONFERENCE =
IN USA-S OFFICE WITH HEADS OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND |
THE CRIMINAL AND ANTITRUST PERSONNEL IN USA-S OFFICE. aTE1éuT THIRTY

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INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD AND MADRQARUERAL * Aes
COMMENTS CONCERNING DIRECTOR HOOVER. AFTER AG-S ne GROUR,, H
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Hovenber 6, 1961

I want to acknovledge with appreciation
your thoughtful letter of October 30, 1961 in which

you wrote noisooe TY Tecarding your recent visit
to San Francisco.

My associates and I were pleased

that re had an opportunity i++ ra eal
_ and ha ve you visit with us in this city.

Under Mr. oover's leadership Xt on :
Looking forward to further implementation of the new
laws and closely cooperating with all Federal
agencies in order that additional results will be
achieved in the FBI's continuing war against the
leaders of organized crime,

Sincerely,

FRANK L. PRICE
Special Agent in Charge



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October 25, 1961

Mr. William G. Simon

Special Agent in Charge
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1340 West Sixth Street

Los Angeles, California

Dear William:

l returned to Washington greatly encouraged as a
result of our meeting. In every city I visited ] found the firm
belief and expectation that the new laws, plus the close coop-
erative effort that is now being made by all Federal agencies,
will result in significant action being taken against the leaders
of organized crime. 1 have no illusions that the job will be
easy.

However, I believe that three or four years from now
we will look back with pride on our mutual participation in an
effort which has such great meaning for the internal security
of our country.

Ll appreciate very much having had the opportunity to

meet with you. I also want to thank you for the courteous and
efficient way in which you and your assistants handled al] our

arrangements. I am most appreciative and please give my re-
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Gen. Robert Kennedy.

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THEIR TARGET: ORGANIZED CRIME
U.S. Atty. Whelan greets Atty. Gen. Kennedy.

Bob Kennedy Hails
Fight on Crime Here

“I wouldn't want to get into

feceived high marks from thelanything Mr. Nixon said, but!
nation’s top cop—U.8. Attyil believe California law en-

forcement meets the standard

‘The sasessment came, about or is even above the standard
when reporters as! Im fOr}o¢ oth *
ent on the re. by Pee ner areas,” the attorney

10} Vice President Richard)
son who, in the course of’

‘That's the closest he came

= cing his gubernatorial! to mixing into California's
didacy, said law enforce-! political situation except to

had suffered under the!
» adminigtration of Gov,

express surprise that 0°
many reporters attended
his press conference on

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wm Knight was holding the

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ies was getting

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sult with US. Atty.
c and his staf?
in “the war
oxime.” :
said he ts working out
plans for creation of 8 Na
‘téonal Crime Commission and
will consult with local law
enforcement authorities as
well ss beads of some 25 Fed.
era} agencies, including the
FBI, Internal Revenue Service,
Becurities Exchange
ion and the Posjoftice Depart:
men’

During his 45-minute telk
in Whelan's Federal Building
office, Kennedy alao com.
mented:

nonregis-
trants subject to a $10,000 per
day fine for noncompliance.

@ NUCLEAR WEAPONS
will be sed by eve ts country
if necessary. Tepeat
led earlier warnings and said
“hundreds of millions of citi-
zens” would die in a nuclear
war, “including 50 to 60 mil-
ion Americans in the first
24 hours.”

When a asked Ken-
nefly if he thought “a Qi
could be elected governor
Calffornia,” the attorney -
erd} drew the conference to)
close by saying, “Thank you,
| gentleman.” a

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elevator with the Attorney General at this
him later that evening, and a. toda:

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aoc. On page 7 of today's “Chicago Daily News" the ’

_ attached article appeared which reflects that the Attorney

General ROBERT KENNEDY was briefed by two Chicago FBI super-".

visors. For information of the Bureau, none of these agents .

is a supervisor, and they definitely did not brief the Attorney -

General on this case. It was obvious from the Attorney General's

knowledge of the case that he was fully familiar with earlier?

developments in this matter. This was merely a situation where

he asked several general questions and received several general.”

: ansvers. As was indicated before, the questions asked by the

‘: ° Attorney General were asked in private except one question which

. I was within earshot of the reporter, and Reporter ED ROONEY *

. obviously either obtained the above facts from the Attorney

: General or ED GUTHMAN, the Attorney General's public relations ©: fe

. man. It is also possible that the Attorney General or GUTHMAN ©

merely acknowledged that the Attorney General did discuss this —

matter with Agents, and the reporter is sensationalizing the -

matter, which is a common practice here in Chicago. r

No inquiry was received by this office from the

press _
concerning this matter, . a gee

_ ; "The Attorney General requested no further assistance os
from Chicago Office and was taken to the airport today by Mayor

DALEY after -he had concluded his speech. He left Chicago at
approximately 12 noon.” . a ae orn pot

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BY PULTON LEWIS, JR. xx Manuel.

Cramer brought the matter up at several moctings of the committees.
On each occasion, the heavily-stacked committee voted along party
lines to deny him access,

Pinally, on June 28, Cramer addressed a letter to Lewis Deschler,
Parliamentarian of the House, asking for an official ruling on the
subject, Two months later, Cramer has not received an answer,

Deschier has told Cramer that he will discuss the case only if
Blatnik is present. The Minnesota Democrat finds it impossible to
see Deschler at any time.

“ In the committee files is said to be political dynamite on the
Massachusetts road situation. The Bay State scandals are said to be
the worst in the United Stetes.

A single contractor, Thomas Worcester, was convicted of income tax
evasion for deducting $275,000 worth of bribes to Massachusetts
politicos. Federal Judge Charles Wyzanski, who presided at the trial,

| canned the payments “Worcester bounty."

Information in the files is said to implicate some of the state's
highest-ranking Democrats. One of these is William F. Callehan,
ohairman of the State Turnpike Authority. In his trial for tax
evasion, Worcester testified under oath that he Asi iversd money to
Callahan while he served as head of the State Public Works Department.

Callahan tried vainly to avoid testifying. When he received a
subpena he waged a long legal fight to quash it. When he finally
took the stand, Callahan denied accepting the money. Judge Wyzanski

| promptly called Callahan a liar:

"No one who reads in full Callahan's testimony would care to stake
much on Callahan's oath. I unhesitatingly stamp Callahan as an
untrustworthy witness, And I accept Worcester's story of the (bribe)
episode at Mrs, Norton's home." .

Other Democrats involved in the Massachusetts cormuption are said
to inolude one current member of the U.S. House of Representatives,

a number of close associates of former Governor Foster Furcolo, and
several state attorneys.
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WASHINGTON REPORT
BY PULTON LEWIS, JR.
COPYRIGHT, 1961, KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

WASHINGTON, SEPT. 5 -- Buried in the files of @ Congressional
subcommittee is a letter written by the then Senator John F. Kennedy in
behalf of a Massachusetts road builder who dispensed some $275,000 in
bribes to Bay State officials.

. The letters were written two years ago when Thomas Worcester
attempted to get road building contracts in New Jersey. At least
three other key Democrats interceded in behalf of Worcester at the
time. ‘They were House Majority Leader John McCormack; Rea Frank
“topper” Thompson, of New Jersey, and Robert Burkhardt, then executive
secretary of the New Jersey State Democratic Committee,

Burkhardt wrote New Jersey highway officials that Worcester was
"sponsored" by Kennedy, McCormack and Thompson. He was named Assistant
Postmaster General by Kennedy but left to run the gubernatorial
campaign of Democrat Richard Hughes.

New Jersey Highwey Commissioner Dwight Palmer rejected the pressure
extended by the four Democrats, Worcester was unable to get a contract
with the state.

The letters are in the files of the special subcommittee created to
oversee the Federal inters
Blatnik, admits he has the letters, but refuses to open committee files
to Republican members. This despite HouseRule Xl 25, which states:

"All committee hearings, records, data, charts and files shall be
kept separate and distinct from the Congressional office records of
the member serving as chairman of the committee; and such records
shall be the property of the House and all members of the House shall
have access to such records.” ~

Plorida's Bill Cramer is renking Republican on the committee. For
more than a year he has attempted to see the records to determine what
progress, if any, was being made in the group's investigative work.
But Blatnik has refused to allow Cramer, or any other Republican to
see the documents. Also denied access is the minority counsel, Robert

Manuel, (wore)

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To Mr. M L pate: 10/8/61 Sallivon

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5 _ Tete, Room HOT
From C. A. Evans C 2 oe Gady
onpecr: TRAVEL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

The Attorney General, who has been vacationing in Colorado, oe /
bas reservations to leave Denver at 4:35 p.m, today by Continental Airlines, ,/
arriving at Los Angeles 5:35 p.m. His wife is flying back to Washington bem
today.

In order to meet the Attorney General in Los Angeles, Iam
leaving on the noon jet from Friendship Airport on United Airlines Flight
869.

Activities for this week are as follows:

Wednesday, October 4 - consultations with the United
States Attorney for the Southern District of California and for the
District of Arizona who will come to Los Angeles, and with Federal
Judges there. The Attorney General will have a meeting of all QU
| federal law enforcement agencies. He is to formally open the
"Half-way House" in Los Angeles.

October 5 - we will leave Los Angeles at 7:15 a.m.
stopping at the Federal Correction Institute at Lompoc, California,
and arriving at San Francisco 12:30 p.m. Following a luncheon
with the Federal Judges there will be consultations with the United
States Attorney for the Northern District of California and the
District of Idaho who will come to San Francisco. There will be
a meeting with all federal investigative agencies regarding the
Attorney General's drive on organized crime. (It is understood
that Governor Brown of California has asked to see the Attorney
General while he is in San Francisco. I will make it a point not
to be present at this time. )

BE "
October 6 - we will lave San Francisco at 10:00d. m,
and arrive at Portland at 11:30a,m. The Attorney General has a
- speech scheduled before the Portland City Club at 12:30 p, m.; In uf

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The two holed up in secret, where Biemiller and Kuchel came
up with an amendment to delete the McClellan provisions, With the
final draft of nis amendment in hand, Kuchel strode out onto the
Senate floor with a new aide at his side, It was Ralph Duncan,
borrowed from the labor braintrust of John F, Kennedy.

At this point, Massachusetts Sen, Leverett Saltonstall,
normally cool and collected, angrily told Kuchel to "get that guy
off our side of the aisle." Kuchel, however, paid no heed, Duncan
remained with him for the rest of the debate,

7 The Kuchel amendment to scrap the bill of rights was a cleverly
contrived parliamentary curve ball, designed to evade the fact that
the Senate had earlier committed itself not to vote again on the
McClellan amendment, Sen. Styles Bridges charged the Kuchel
amendment was nothing but a slick legislative trick, and that it
violated the spirit, if not the letter, of the Senate rules.

Republican Kuchel stood fast, with Democrat Duncan lending moral
support, and retorted that he and his co-sponsors -- Democratic
Senators Neuberger and Church, for example -- "need not apologize"
for their amendment. The Senate, by this time, was in a tempest.

Kuchel's final remarks were met by boos from the Republican
side of the aisle, something the oldest hill veterans could not
recall happening before, Idaho's Republican Henry Dworshak,
white-faced with anger, accosted Kuchel and shouted:

"You four-flusher} What are you trying to do to the Republican
Party?"

The usually mild-mannered Dworshak unleashed a right-hand
punch at Kuchel, which failed to land only because a colleague
quickly jumped between them.

The Kuchel amendment passed as labor's lobbyists applied the «“
screws and a strong reform bill was completely destroyed, Republican
leaders have not forgiven Kuchel to this day,

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The Attorney General was contacted this morning at his request. He eat
Jaskea whether the FBI had conducted any handwriting examination for the House j
Committee on Un-American Activities in connection with the current hear
relative to
LS? ‘C. The Attorney General was informed that we were aware of his tert
and T was certain that if we had received any such request from the
louse Committee it would have been brought to his attention. I made a current
check with the Laboratory and with Mr. DeLoach's office and ascertained we had
not received such a request for laboratory assistance from the House Committee.
The Attorney General was advised. He said he would recontact Kenneth O'Donnell
at the White House as O'Donnell had told him a copy of the laboratory rep
been furnished to the White House. When he calied O'Donnell, the Attorney
General learned that this laboratory report was apparently prepared by someone -
hee the Department of Agriculture for the House Committee. O'Donnell is sending

!a copy of this report to the Attorney General who said he would advise us of more |
particulars as sopn as the report was received from the
nor Mtn

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hearings relate sto this position and his communist background,

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The Atfarney General sai would apprec:
to keep advised of any information w¢ receive
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as possible. " ; B7L .

The Attorney General then asked if his telephone lines in his office
were periodically checked from a security point of view. He was assured that’
is handled by the FBI Laboratory both for his office telephones and his home

. telephones. He said he thought he recalled receiving memoranda to this effect

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hag! been blocked or sidetracked
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“In part, the progress we

ve made has resulted in the
passage of effective new legis-
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THE YOUNGER Kennedy
was optimistic in discussing the
pation’s ecopomic growth.

“Clearly... we are on
the road to economic re-
covery,” he sald.

“Industrial production in-
creased from January to Sep-
tember of this year by more.
‘than 9 per cent. Corporate
profits are up 14 per cent. Per-
sonal income is up 4’ per cent.

“Labor income is up almost
5 per cent. Farm income from
the first to the third q: T this
year has increased by 10 per
cent over the same period for
1960 and ix higher than at any
time in 10 years.” >

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BOB KENNEDY was to

as the President's

jal spokesman at the kicko/f|

11 other similar regional cop-|
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month. .

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of Rep. Thomas B. Curtis (R-
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General, telephonically contacted me this afternoon and
stated the Attorney General had just heard that I cele-
brated my twentieth anniversary in the Bureau's service
last week and that he wanted to personally congratulate
me. Miss Novello stated that the Attorney General would
like to see me at 3:30 this afternoon.

It is noted that during the time the Bureau
was closely cooperating with the Old Senate Select
Committee on Management and Labor that I, as alternate
liaison man, was in frequent contact with Robert’Kennedy
when he was Chief Counsel for that Committéev7 ~~ ~

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Attorney General's meeting in Los Angeles on 10/4/61, with federal
investigative agencies, the Attorney General indicated he was most
satisfied with the results. In connection with this meeting, SAC Simon
obtained permission from his physician to personally attend the
conference and made an excellent appearance in explaining the Bureau's
participation in the drive on organized crime. Mr. Evans noted that
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SUBJECT: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

On 11/27/61, the Attorney General,

ROBERT F.
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sEonference on organi crime d_racketeerin; Hee
was’ accompanied by Assistant to the puty X y aes -Rttorney~ cu

General for United States Attorneys, JOHN R. REILLY, Special
Assistant for Public Information, EDWIN D. GUTHMAN, and”
Assistant Director COURTNEY A. EVANS. 2

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In the forenoon, the Attorney General had
conference with the United States Attorneys from Northern
New York, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
the District of Massachusetts, and during the course of same
he held a press interview.

Thereafter, the Attorney General and the men who
accompanied him, visited our office and made a tour thereof.
In the course of the visit, during which period of time
ASAC JOSEPH D, PURVIS and J escorted him, the Attorney
General personally met the employees available. He express-
ed an interest in our office and commented most favorably in
connection with the visit.

In the afternoon, the Attorney General attended a

conference of representatives of the investigative branches

of the various Federal agencies in this area, as well as the

United States Attorneys. USA W. ARTHUR GARRITY served as

Chairman of the meeting and introduced AUSA WILLIAM J. KOEN

as chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of

the United States Attorney's Office at Boston. Mr. KOEN

thereafter gave a brief talk on the purpose of the Section;

namely, to explore the reports from the various Federal oo
\ investigative agencies on the gamblers and racketeers in

this area with a view of Federal prosecution.

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COMMUNIST PARTY, USA (CPUSA) AND NUCLEAR TE§TING

This afternoon Ed Guthman, Special Assistant for Public Information in
the Department, telephoned Wick. He said the Attorney General this week will be in
San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. While in these cities he will hold press
conferences.

Guthman said he thought it might be well if the Attorney General has a
! ) sheet on which is written the CPUSA reaction to the announcement by the Soviet
concerning resumption of nuclear testing. Guthman said he recalled the Communist
Party first came out against it and then found itself in a position of having to reverse
themselves practically over night, which they did. He thought perhaps the Attorney
General can answer a question or two on this matter.

Guthman asked if we could get up a sheet on which would be written
the data he could hand to the Attorney General for answering questions in this regard.

The Communist Party did find itself in the position of reversing its stand
when the September 3 issue of "The Worker" came out against nuclear testing, the
Soviet then announced the testing and "The Worker" issue of September 10 had to iuptity
the position taken the previous week.

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Since this matter has been aired in the press in the past, subsequent to

-10-61, it is believed no harm will be done in giving the attached sheet, prepared by
the Domestic Intelligence Division, to Mr. Guthman for use by the Attorney General as

indicated. What the Attorney General will be doing is simply nme on material

which We here previously called to the pttention of eRe PF 84 @ 2" JL Y

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Ed Guthman of the Attorney General's office called and stated
it was most important the Attorney General receive the following message
immediately upon his arrival in Denver:

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Last May the Denver Post submitted an employee's profit_
sharing plan to the Internal Revenue Service for approval. Ht is a stock
option participation plan which has raised some new highly technical ~

l questions as to whether the plan is legal under the revenue tax laws.

"Representatives of the newspaper have had two private

conferences with Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington and CG
Internal Revenue is shooting to have a decision by October 15. This --
apparently is important to the Denver Post because of some negotiations
which are under way with the employees, However, there is some doubt
as to whether IRS is going to meet this deadline, but they say they are
making ‘every effort’ to do so,

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TTRS officials say that the difficulty is that the Denver plan

involves some new questions which have never been raised before and
which are highly technical. They described it as attempting to get a
size ten foot into a size eight shoe.

"You can tell Mr. Hoyt that IRS has assured you they are
sympathetic and will be happy to meet with him or any of the paper's
representatives again. He should contact Henry Schneider, Acting
Director of Public Information, Internal Revenue Service, Sterling
3-8400, ext. 4021. Mr. Schneider said he is prepared to cooperate. 13
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ACTION BEING TAKEN: g B SEP 28 1961

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SAC Werner at Denver is being furnished ay message for the
Attorney General and will insure that he receives it on his arrival, It is

‘ ‘noted the Attorney General is due to arrive at Denver at 10:55 a. m. eo

time which is 1:55 p.m. Washington time.

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My memorandum of October 17, 1961, set forth information
concerning a possible prowler at the Attorney General's home. Senior 47 tv
Resident ‘ae of our Alexandria, Virginia, Resident
Agency, obtained the following information on a discreet basis from Chief
of Police William L. Durrer, Fairfax County, Virginia.

Major Durrer advised that a patrol vehicle with one officer is
| assigned around the clock to the Mc Lean, Virginia, area in which the Attorney
General lives. This officer operates in a patrol car except from 2 until
10 p.m. daily during which period he uses a three-wheel motor. In addition,
other officers are assigned to school crossing duties during daylight hours
and patrol traffic officers and detectives are in the area on occasions as
cases demand.

Major Durrer stated the patrol officer has no set schedule but
is instructed to continually patrol the McLean area. AL officers of Major
Durrer's department are acquainted with the location of the Kennedy home and
according to Durrer, make casual checks of the house and its surroundings
whenever they pass.

Major Durrer checked his offense file for the area in which the
Kennedys reside (within a half mile) and advised he could locate only one
complaint of a inity dating back to the first of 1960. This
concerned a Virginia, which is WA Fe
across Route a reported a prowler
July 25, 1960, but a check by the Fairfax Police uncovered nothing but a dog
in the complainant’ yard. Regarding the surrounding area of the Kennedy ‘
home, covering an area of approximately 14 miles, Durrer stated there had- *
been 82 prowler complaints since the first of 1960 but many of these were we
unfounded and he could not recall prowlers being any particular problem ‘in ‘\, AA
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and more aware of the security situation in the United States and as
the opportunity presents itself the true relationship between the Communist
Party and the international communist movement should be stressed.
This should be kept in mind in future dealings with him.

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AFTERBOON, ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT KENNEDY SCHEDULED TO ° -
BE IN, BOS FON NOVEMBER 27 NEXT AND PLANS ON MEETING WITH *
THE DB. S37 ATTORNEYS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS, {NCLUDING

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has not been set.

The program is to be taped in
Paris’ leading salons. CBS ob-
‘tained rizhts for the show from
the Chambre Syndicale de la Cov-
ture Parisienne, an tizoriation
lof top’ French di

Incidentally, on the vTocai fi
jon scene, Ethel Thorsen re-
turns to TV with a weekly. pro-

ram on’ m'lady's <clothes via
WNTAS starting Friday, Oct, 20
at 9:30 P.M.

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CBS-TV is cooking up a treat for the ladies—an hour-|i,
long preview of the newest Paris fashions, which will be

next March. The exact date

iere offering tonight. However,
Postponement was made neces-
sary by the roughing up of some
NBC cameramen who were film-
¢ homes of alleged gansters in
Grosse Point, Mich., last month
The film crew completed its
assignment by using. a helicopter,
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Jack Benny, who recently
went to his home town, Wauke-
gan, Ill, to dedicate a high school
named after him, filmed a show

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broadcast by CBS-Radio Friday
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26’Show of the Week NBC-TV¥e
“Chicago And All That Jazz.” In
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ported yesterday, the program

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“Memoire of the Movies,” a
radio series in which such Holly-
‘wood names as Myrna Loy, Henry
Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Dorothy
Lamour, Buster Keston, Gene
Kelly and the late Cecil B. De-
Mille talk of the rise of the film
industry as’ they have seen it,
bows on WNYC Sunday, Nov. 5,
at'9 PM... . “The Unquiet
River,” a lock at the Siew Pork
waterfront through the eyes of a
tugboat crew, is the half-hour

ry due on WNEC-TY'
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visit to Minneapolis, immediately upon arrival, he was-met, -

we at the airport and driven to the Leamington Hotel where”

USA MILES LORD bad arranged aluncheon in his honor inviting
the heads of the various Federal investigative agencies, as
well as a few carefully selected Democrats and Congressman
KARTH. Upon completion of the luncheon, he proceeded to the
new Federal Courts Building where he held a press conference,
during which he was most laudatory in his remarks concerning
the FBI's work, Namely, in response to a question posed
concerning the activities of the Communist Party, he said
the American public can rest easy, as the FBI had thoroughly
| investigated the Communist Party over the past 25 years and
has that menace under control. He also stated that he did
qd not feel that the Communist Party was his chief concern, that
he was more concerned with the activities of espionage agents \
within our shores. In response to a question concerning his
views for the need of a Federal crime commission, he stated
that since he has become better acquainted with the over-all
picture, he is convinced that there is no need for a Federal
| crime commission, that the instruments for effective law -
~ tenforcement are already available. He again made reference
to the work of the FBI, stating that the local picture in
organized crime is very good in view of the successful
prosecutions which have been obtained as a result of the /
investigation and successful prosecution of ISADORE (KID

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indicates that the Attorney General will be seen next Wednesday at
10:30 p.m., on NBC television rather than tonight. The Attorney
General was to appear tonight; however, a postponement was made
necessary by the roughing up of some NBC cameramen who were
filming homes of alleged gangsters in Grosse Pointe, Michigan,
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WASHINGTON REPORT
BY FULTON LEWIS, JR.
COPYRIGHT, 1961, KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

WASHINGTON, SEPT, 6--Republican Senate Whip Tom Kuchel may find
&@ rough-and-tumble primary battle on his hands next year for the
GOP Senatorial nomination in California.

It would come from freshman Congressman John Rousselot, a
33-year-old conservative who feels that Kuchel has been "too liberal"
in his Senate actions over the past several years.

Rousselot is now sounding out support in his native state for
the race. A recent tour from north to south convinced him there
is grave dissatisfaction on the part of many GOP regulars with
Kuchel's voting.

Rousselot, former chief of his state's Young Republican
organization, would have little difficulty finding campaign workers,
Funds for the primary are another matter, and estimates are that he
would need at least half a million dollars for the race.

There is considerable dissatisfaction on the part of the GOP
Senate leadership with Kuchel's recent performance. There have been,
for instance, ten key Senate votes, on which defecting GOP Senators
have given President Kennedy legislative victory. On six of those
ten, Kuchel deserted the party leadership. Only three Republicans
have a worse record.

Leadership disagreements with Kuchel go back to April, 1959
and the bitter fight over the Kennedy-Ervin labor reform bill. It
was Kuchel at that time who "sold out" -- 4n the words of one GOP
chieftain -- to organized labor and maneuvered a union-conceived
amendment through Congress that destroyed the McClellan bill of
rights and diluted an effective reform bill beyond recognition.

After then-Senator John Kennedy had lost his battle against
the McClellan provisions, union top brass went to Kuchel for support,

Kuchel had originally voted in favor of the bill of rights,
which was passed when Vice President Nixon broke a tie by casting
the deciding vote in favor, AFL/CIO legislative director Andrew
Biemiller, himself a former Congressman, got to Kuchel, however,
and somehow persuaded him to defect.

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Robert Fe feunedy Ma Oa MACE ‘

T returned an earlier call from the Attorney General, and
he stated he just wanted to tell me that in regard to the trip which he

had recently made, he was impressed with my people in all of

RS WSS SMPresssc With MY pocpes sm Sis Led

cities where he traveled, He stated they were a very high type group,
extremely dedicated, and the most impressive, once again, of any
organization he has seen and I should be proud. I thanked him and
atated we try to pick our men carefully and to keep them in line after
we get them. The Attorney General reiterated that they were an
impressive group and terribly nice to him in all the arrangements
made for him.

I stated the thing that worried me is that we are finding
throughout the field a great lack of knowledge on the part of other
investigative agencies about the new laws. The Attorney General
stated he found that also and the Bureau people were the only ones : ,
who knew. I stated we have sent out instructions and have held
classes, and each week about forty men from the fleld come in and Py,
have special training in that field, but we find the other departments
do not know. The Attorney General stated he is having a memorandam
sent out on it.

The Attorney General again stated he wanted to express his _.
appreciation to me, and I thanked him.

Very sours 7 -S1SE 7 x

LEH. 1e OCT 101961

Caliaben H

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3 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

The Attorney General's office called and inquired as to whether the
Bureau would transfer a speech from a tape recording to a disc for the
Attorney General's office. The Attorney General's secretary explained that
they would like to have just one record made from the tape in order that it

could be played. Bo bert” Renne dy

The Laboratory has advised no problem would be involved in
dubbing a disc from a tape recording as long as it only involved the making
of a single record.

ACTION

. If approved, the tape recording will be secured from the Attorney
General's office and the disc produced,

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Atty. General

~ from Chicago FBI officials on
solved Oct. 20 slaying of union
“I'm very interested in this’
yy murder,” Kennedy told two
FBI supervisors who met with/

attorney general also ex.
pected to confer with U.S. Dis-
trict Atty. James P. O'Brien on
the case.

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KILPATRICK, 55, was found
shot in the bead in his car
parked near his union head-
4 W. 63d St

railed to
bomb failed to

He was president of Lo-
eat 300,-United Industrial
Workers of America, and
a bitter foe of convicted
labor hoodlum Angelo Ja-_ |
cso. .

In Shooting of Union Official

BY EDMUND J. ROONEY JR.
U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy got a briefing Tuesday” lawyers and judges were being

FBI Briefs Bob Kennedy]
On Murder Probe.

pere
CHICAGO DAILY

‘Very Interested’ im

Edition

 Ken-

judgeship at this ‘time,”
pnedy told reporters.

Sen. Paul Douglas (D-II) re-
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CHICAGO OFFICE

Date

‘ir investigation into the
John A. (Jack) Kilpatrick.

" considered for the post.

jt investigate Kilpatrick's mut-
| der because of the union leader's
| frequent co-operation with fed-7
eral investigative agencies.

lohn—the President—“is mov-
ahead in an umber of signif-
t areas

KENNEDY was io Chicago lal
Tuesday to deliver the opening| ; =
"speech before 2,000 persons a

tending a two-day White House
sponsored regional conference ‘
on major domestic problems.
During a busy day, Kennedy
k ie to talk Democratic
Party Politics with Chicago's
Mayor Richard J, Daley. :

‘Their chat, it was learned,
centered around the expect-
ed appointment shortly of
another Democrat to the

a ne ee

f-sNorthern Illinois Federal

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this

BS 94-536

I was then called upon to speak and I G@iscussed
the new Federal gambling legislation, as well as Yarious
individuals on whom we have submitted reports in tonnection
with the Criminal Intelligence Program to the United States
Attorney's Office. While other representatives of Federal

in view of the pressure of time, limited their comments,
and it developed that I was more or less the main speaker

| esi. were called upon to speak, the Attorney General,

at the conference.

had conducted meetings with law enforcement officials

fr During my talk the Attorney General asked me if
e

ee

lative to the new gambling legislation. I was able to

point out to him that such meetings had been conducted,
specifically at various Chief Association Meetings and
also a part of the Bank Robbery Conference Program which
we had recently concluded in this Division. Also, that
copies of the various laws were disseminated in September,
1961, to every law enforcement agency in this Division.

he Attorney General then asked other agencies present if

hey had taken any steps toward notifying interested

gencies concerning this law and the replies were of

egative character. He commented that agencies receiving

esponsibilities in connection with Federal legislation
should take appropriate action to notify interested police
and others.

USA GARRITY asked whether or not there was a
clearing house for collection of data on organized crime
and when the conference indicated that there was no agency
as such serving that purpose, and the USA of Providence,
Rhode Island pointed out that the FBI was keeping him posted
in connection with this subject, while he had not heard
anything from the Internal Revenue Service, the Attorney
General pointed out that he felt that all Federal agencies
should have a close relationship with the USA.

The Attorney General asked whether or not we had
any information relative to the corruption of public
officials and I advised him that we had no concrete data
along this line and no one in attendance was able to furnish

any affirmative information.

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SUBJECT: VISIT ATTORNEY GENERAL
ROBERT: Y TO SAN FRANCISCO

6B2NOV16 1961, Vo ~

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if Re San Francisco telephone call to the Bureau 11/6

. Enclosed is a copy of a letter sent to me by the
Attorney General under date of 10/30/61 commenting on his
recent visit to San Francisco. I know that a similar lette
was written to U. S. Attorney CECIL F. POOLE in San Francisco j
and he has informed me that the Attorney General intended to We
write similar letters to the representatives of other Federal
agencies who participated in the Attorney General's Conference
in San Francisco. I am also enclosing a copy of my
acknowledgmetit of the Attorney General's letter in which
I express my“appreciation for his communication angjI —
advised him hat under Mr. HOOVER's leadership I aff looffng »
forward’ to further implementation of the ‘new laws gnd =
closely.-cooperating with all Federal agencies in ortter — =: :
that additional results will be achieved in the Fis continuing
war against the leaders of organized crime. Poe

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LATER MET WITH Ue Se ATTORNEY-S STAFF, FEDERAL JUDGES, HEADS OF

US ATIORNEY _
NNFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND WITH ACTING USA SIDNEY I. LEZAK

Ue Se LAs

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AND USA MOODY BRICKETT, MONTANA, AG BRIEFED ON ASPECTS OF BUREAU-S

WORK IN PORTLAND AREA AT U. Se LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING BY SAC. AG
ASKED NO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING BUREAU-S WORK THIS AREA. ALL
INDICATION AG AND PARTY PLEASED WITH MANNER PORTLAND VISIT HANDLED.
ac AND PARTY DEPARTED PORTLAND THREE FORTYFIVE Ps Mey PST, FOR

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= The Attorney General we =
> 2g. United States Department of Justice » fo
gph Mashinwton, D. 6. er

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

Bt was indeed thoughtful of you to write on

November 16 concerning the assistance rendered the

. Departmental attorneys by Special Agent QB in LW

the Anniston bus burning case, It will certainly bea

pleasure to inform (Bo! your generous commendation,

I94

‘WOOu ONIOW3H-9.930

and I know he will appreciate, as Ido, your very kind remarks. :
Sincerely,
J. Edzar Hoover, /.
. 2 - Birmingham - Enclosures (2) so *
1- Mr. Belmont - Enclosure : . Le

1 - Personnel File Special Agent Clay Slate - Enclomre
1- Mr. Evans - Enclosure

7 . _ MAILED 2 : . %
TM | HOV 29 1961 _ ——

py COMM-FBI -
Lal NOTE: The Attorney General's letter refers to the Greyhound bus,

Benen carrying "Freedom Riders" twhich was. attacked by a mob at Anniston, :
tear. Alabama, on 5-14-61 and was burned 6 miles ‘out of town. Investigation _
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MR. BELMONT: 4 pe Mis Gandy

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RE: Attorney General's
st Coast
Robert F. Ckennedy Trip x

To supplement reports of activities with the Attorney
General during his visit to the west coast, the following highlights
may be of interest:

Meeting with the Judiciary

I participated with the Attorney General in meetings
with the U. S, District and Circuit Court of Appeals Judges in Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. The Judges seemed
to be favorably impressed, Chief Judge Peirson M. Hall of the ~
District Court at Los Angeles was particularly praiseworthy of the
Director and asked that his greeting be extended to him.

This is the first time that an Attorney General has visited
with Judges on the west coast within the memory of those now on the
bench, Generally the Judges were interested in getting vacancies on
ths texh filled and added courtroom space.

‘ In talking with the Judges, it was noted there is a
tendency to favor indeterminate sentences. This might be attributed
to the California influence and, of course, the work of Jim Bennett.
In private conversations with the Judges I was able to get across >
tactfully the facts which show the inadvisability of substituting in-
determinate sentences.

Conference with United States Attorneys


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CHICAGC--ATTORNEY CEXERAL KENNEDY HAS CALLED ON FEDERAL JUDGES
TO DEAL MORE SEVERELY WITH CRIMINALS WHO HAVE “REPEATEDLY RESORTED
TO CRIMES OF VIOLENCE .°

KENNEDY SAID MAJOR FIGURES OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND OTHER HOODLUMS
ARE_A "MALIGNANT THREAT® TO SOCIETY AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM IT.

TKE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER SPOKE TO A MEETING OF SOME 150 FEDERAL
JUDGES AT AN INSTITUTE ON SENTENCING IN SUBURBAN HIGHLAND PARK, ILL.

KENNEDY SAIL ATTEMPTS TO REHABILITATE CONVICTED RACKETEERS AND
HCODLUMS WOULD BE A "WASTE CF TIME.” BUT HE SAID, “EFFICIENTLY a
ORGANIZED GREED AND CALCULATED DISREGARD FOR THE RIGHTS AND PROPERTY
OF CTKERS ACCOUNT FOR A MINORITY OF CASES IN THE FEDERAL COURTS."

HE SAID JUDGES SKOULD FCLLCW NORMAL SENTENCING PHILOSOPHIES AND
PROCEDURES THAT ATTEMPT TO REHABILITATE OFFENDERS IN THE MOST cysts

* .eeLET US REJECT THE SPIRIT OF RETRIBUTION, SAID KENNEDY
ATTEMPT COOLY TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF DETERRENCE AND DETENTION vith
THE PCSSIBILITIES OF REHABILITATION .°
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‘Kennedy

Attorney General
Discusses Problem
With Officials Here

law _ enforcement authori-

leclining.” but added that
ie problem is not yet “a
; [real serious one:”
Ina press conference Atty.
. Kennedy also made
\ |these points:
Congress has given him
{broad new federal police

| power to help fight. organ-;
H

racketeering.

Many businessmen have:

been “very unco-operative”’
A ith the Justice Department;
ti-trust investigations,
“Communism is not a pa-

jor problem’ pt the United
Stat

‘Given New Weapons .
Elaborating, Kennedy said

ie crime with

This significant legis \-

given our depaijft-
it more backing than jit
received in the past
ars,” he observe

re

with Police Chief Parker’
it “respect for the law is

gress had given his de- :
rtment | mew weapons

wery unco-operative when ith
to helping my depart-’
pent uncover ines vio-

dations. Many

ve eriticined i lea

« “I find many businessmen said. ©

These. centers win enable

youthful offenders to make a
en new
eD been

start. The problem has
that many of these
men have returned to

fibing the Fifth Arena pO same environment and

iment in labor union investi’

Gn Communists in the
‘nited States: “They are not
important numerically and
ive menace to

re trying all they cal
‘ubvert our way of life,
it gs obvious that the Amefi
people have not bou;
munist propaganda.”

he attorney genera! sait
is Views coincide with those}:..
FBI director Edgar J. Hoo-
ver has expressed on the
subject.

Kennedy fiew here. ‘from
‘Denver Tuesday night to]
confer with U.S. Atty. Fran-
cis C. Whelan and division!
chiefs in the latter's office.
He also talked with US.

‘ ‘Marshal George O'Brien and
telephoned Police Chief!

Parker during his Los Ange-,
Jes visit.

Today he will fly to Lom-
poc to inspect the new Fed-)
ral. Correctional Facility’
‘there and later confer with
US. Atty. Cecil Poole in San}
Francisco. :

Kennedy “dedicated the!
new Federal Pre- Release|,
Guidance Center at 560 S St]
Ave, Wednesday. The

Ha way House, will be Ja
hilitation center for fe
ral prisoners, 18 to 25 yt

old during the 90 days p'

We are of; Kennedy was honored by Jo-

circumstances which caused

‘gations. Yet 1 find they aa toa
‘ase to answer questions vit 2 oa
jlally important~in uncover-!
‘ing illegal anti-trust situa- - Los Angeles bel .
'tions.” wi h used to house @

LOS ANGELES TIMES
OATh_fa-S "Sr

LOS ANGEL ES. ¢ wir
EDITOR,

LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION

neminary, is one of three

in the country. Others are
in New York and Chicago.

‘After ‘touring the center

ry| the Jonathan Club.

i] Parket Withholds \

}

Comment on Crime |

| Police Chief Parker, ad-'

ivised of Atty. Gen.” Kenne-!
hdy'’s remark Wednesday that:

; organized big crime is prev-|

alent in Log Angeles,” said!

he did not want to comment.

“without knowing the spe,
cifics.”

Parker said, however, that,
“We don't have ‘the ‘same
‘type of organized crime ef-
fectively operating in other

the country. ©

- “It's a matter of seman-

tics,” Parker said. “I suppose

if two people get together

‘to ‘make book’ yu have or-

ganized crime.’ :

+ Chief Parker said his de-
artment has “worked close-
ly with the federal govern-,
ment on cases they brought:

to trial.” Be 5 ied the rex;

cent Mickey Cohen case and’
the Carbo boxing combine|
case, “both of which we Be

Pajice: Department is-
-|oo! itinuing to work
federal authori

against gambling. operations,

fecing their, pelease.- _:

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° ~ 1 - Mr, Ciéveland
The Attoraey General 1) - wr, Faecott Bovember 8, 1961

- PERSONAL
Director, FBI

Pursuant to your uest, I am enclosing &
momorandum on each of the above four individuals and
the E. Pauwels Eaployment Service. These memoranda
eontain the results of a check of our files and those
of other agencies, imcluding criminal and credit reports,
but mo open investigation has been conducted. Similar
checks will be made on other individuals employed by you
as soon as identifying data is received. . -

Enclosures (5))  * -
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NOTE: The attached memoranda contain background information

concerning individuals employed by Attorney General
Kennedy's household, as well as the individual operating J}
the employment agency which is used by Mrs. Kennedy. y/!

This information was developed at the perso: request
Vv. to
atsthe

ian

of the Attorney General. See memorandum Mr 9.
Mr.'Belmont dated 10/25/61 captioned "Prowler
home of the Attorney General." CAE:mar. ‘-/D

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-{ Jolfice of the Attorney “epr yl
~ Washington, B.C.
October 30, 1961

Mr. Frank Price

Special Agent in Charge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
San Francisco, California

Dear Frank:

of our country.

gards to £7
Sincerely,
Attorn ngral
RFK/bmg

I returned to Washington greatly encouraged as a result
of our meeting. In every city I visited I found the firm belief
and expectation that the new laws, plus the close cooperative
effort that is now being made by all Federal agencies, will
result in significant action being taken against the leaders of
organized crime. I have no illusions that the job will be easy.

However, I believe that three or four years from now
we will look back with pride on our mutual participation in‘an
effort which has such great meaning for the internal security

I appreciate very much having had the opportunity to
meet with you. I also want to thank you for the courteous and
efficient way in which you and your assistants handled all our
arrangements. I am most appreciative and please give my re-

Rem? EF —/ / 7


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(omy FOR PAPFr —, CHASING LEWIS COLINGT, © _ WEwr

BY FULTON LEWIS, JR.
OOPERIGHT, 1961, KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, Ii,

@ gerrulous native of Manitoba, Canada w Canada who somehow
dispenser-in-chief of Democratic patronage. irr
Corbin i8 a Wisconsin Democrat who hooked on oe
ab reile %
campaign train as it rolled through that state last spring. He J “
played a key mie in the campaign that followed JFK's primary
wictory over Hubert Rumphrey. He was named last month as special ae

essistant to John M, Bailey, chairman of the Democratic ht
Committee, ra) a

Bailey and Attorney General Robert Kennedy agreed to put Cortiin
in charge of patronage for the new Administration. One Washington ‘ Vee A
source put it this way: /
"He talks to persons looking for Jobe on the New Frontiex | —_
also recruits likely prospects, He advises on these matters with
leaders of the Kennedy Administration, but principally with
Attorney General Kennedy, his political sponsor and patron.”
Reaction to the Corbin appointment was swift and violent.
Democrats from across the country protested to Bailey and the
Attorney General, Rep, Clement Zablocki of Wisconsin was particularly
angered, charging that Corbin was an opportunist, "unknown" in the
state's regular Democratic organization,
, The Milwaukee Journal, leading Democratic newspaper in the
state, then Jumped into the fight against Corbin, State reporter
Edward Kerstein and Washington newsman Larry Ecklund dug into
Corbin's past, which included: ~
: *Working, some fifteen years ago, with top Wisconsin Communists,
These included Fred Bassett Blair, Emil Costello _
and Harold Christoffel (who served a perjury term in federal prison
for swearing under oath that he was not a Communist) among others,
*Soliciting membership and funds for the Communist Party.
Corbin denies the allegation,
Being active in left-wing unions in thé Midwest for many
years, dating back ‘at least to 1939, when he was an organizer in ,
Illinois for the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's i; 7 Hs
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i amcpnt 10-13-61 12-11 PM 4
— = DIRECTOR, FBI ve

: i LOCAL HEADS OF THE FBI, INTERNAL REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU

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Bron - sac, CHICAGO iP. é ;
‘YRAVEL OF THE ATTORNEY CENERAL. YESTERDAY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT
GRENNEDY HAD A CONFERENCE WITH MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY-s
OFFICE, REVIEVED A COLUMBUS DAY PARADE, AND THEN CONFERRED WITH THE
OF NARCOTICS, SECRET SERVICE, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION=  ~
TOCETHER WITH THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
AND MILQAUKEE ON THE PROBLEM OF ORGANIZED CRIME, I OUTLINED THE
SITUATION INSOFAR AS THE BUREAU-S ACTIVITIES IN CHICAGO WERE
CONCERNED’ HE WAS AWARE OF THE UNDESIRABLE INTERNAL REVENUE
SITUATION HERE AND ASKED NO QUESTIONS. WE INDICATED THAT MY PRESENT-
ATION WAG_HIGHLY SATISFACTORY. DURING THIS CONVERSATION HE STRESSED
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WAR AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME AND WAS IMPRESSED p

WITH OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE INVESTIGATIVE FIELD. WE THEREAFTER ip
VISITED THE OFFICES OF THE ANTITRUST DIVISION AND STRESSED “THE /
IMPORTANCE OF FBI INVESTIGATIONS RATHER THAN GRAND JURY INQUIRIES IN ri

THE ANTITRUST FIELD. MEMBERS oF THE ANTITRUST DIVISION WE! GHLY
es REC- 31 C8 woe.’ HE _——
[COMPLIMENTARY CONCERNING THE BUREAU-§ WORK. We Visite our oF ICE

THIS MORNING AND WAS PLEASED WITH WHAT HE SAW. HE 1s_DEPARTING ON
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AIRTEL AIR MAIL ;

Frou: ~ SAC, SEATTLE

SUBJECT: . CONFERENCE WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL
? ROBERT F QENNEDY, SEATTLE,
w OCEOBER 7," 1961

. - ~~ Was.
-- For the information of the Bureau, I atténded a +. |
conference in the office of U. S. Attorney BROCK ADAMS, Western -
District of Washington, at Seattle, Washington, on 10/7/6I, of
In addition to representatives of the U. 8. Attorney's Office

who were present, there were also the heads of the following:
enforcement agencies from the Seattle Division: Internal ~,
Revenue Service; Intelligence Division, Internal Revenue Service;
U. S. Bureau of Customs; U. S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service; Bureau of Narcotics; Secret Service; Alcohol Tax Unit,
Treasury Department.

I had earlier attended a conference with the Attorney
General and the U. S. Attorney's from the Eastern and Western.
District of Washington and their assistants, at which time they
had outlined to him generally the sphere of their activity and
matters currently being handled by them. mS.

After being called upon to do so, I outlined to the
Attorney General that generally our major statistical accomplish-
ments in the conviction field in the Seattle Did » Stearn from
the following classifications: 26% 52; 70°‘and 87.” I then out-
lined very briefly our accomplishments in the bank robbery field.

I pointed out to him that so far as the top hoodiums x
were concerned, our investigations did not reveal that there were
any individuals in this state meeting the qualifications to be ©
considered as top hoodlums; however, I outlined to him geherally

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ro pate: November 18, 1961 Sis ——
Trotter
room : C. H, Stanley oy . ——
suyject: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S VISIT O 7
R TO NEW YORK CITY Robert Kevneda
; Mr. Evans called this evening and asked that the following be

passed on to the Director concerning the Attorney General's activities in
New York City today:

The Attorney General arrived in New York at approximately noon
| today, had lunch with the editors of the "Herald Tribune" in the Staff Room,
230 West 4ist Street. After lunch, the Attorney General talked informally

with editors recarding "Foreion Policy and Defense Matters. ""
Wath Caitors regarding “roreign Poucy ana veiense matters,

At 3:00 p.m. the Attorney General briefly visited the Foreign
Correspondence Center, 330 East 46th Street, which is maintained by the
United States Information Agency. He spoke for approximately twenty-five
minutes.

As an interesting note, Mr. Evans stated that during the interview
with foreign reporters, a Russian reporter asked the Attorney General if
the United States was not being unfair by taking action against the communists
under the current laws, The Attorney General cut the Russian reporter by
remarking that the Russians should be the last ones to raise questions regarding
the curtailment of rights of minorities.

This evening at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Attorney General
delivered an address at the Economics Group, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, regarding
“Relations of the Administration’ with the Business World," particularly with

regard to antitrust matters. hy :

Mr. Evans also noted that this afternoon the Attorney General had
his portrait made by the very noted photographer "Philippe eT) ae

who is
described as one of the world's leading photographers. REC- 697 as-/ Se4/ §

;. The Attorney General will depart for St. Louis at a 198
9:00 a.m. tomorrow (November 14, 1961). a
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"Mr. Dean Elson

Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Room 403, United States Courthouse

Portland, Oregon
"Dear Dean:

"Y returned to Washington greatly encouraged as
a@ result of our meeting. In every city I visited I found
the firm belief and expectation that the new laws, plus the
close cooperative effort that is now being made by all
Federal agencies, will result in significant action being
taken against the leaders of organized crime. I have no
dliusions that the job will be easy.

"However, I believe that three or four years from
now we will look back with pride on our mutual participation
in an effort which has such great meaning for the internal
security of our country.

"I appreciate very much having had the opportunity
to meet with you. I also want to thank you for the courteous
and efficient way in which you and your assistants handled all
our arrangements. I am most appreciative and please give my

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"Sincerely,
"/s/ Robert F. Kennedy

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To : Mr. Belmont DaTE: 10/23/61 5 te

FROM: Cc. A. Brand, f on
beat Vonci » Kewnedy

SUBJECT: PROWLER AT THE HOME OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

: 7 The Attorney General called with further reference to the matter
reported last week as to a possible prowler at the Kennedy home. The
Attorney General said he had given further thought to this matter. He
asked if it would be possible for us to be of additional assistance to him

in the following ways:

1, The Attorney General thought he would like to accept the
j offer of the Chief of Police at Fairfax County to increase the police
patrol in the vicinity of the Kennedy home.

2. The Attorney General was satisfied that all action had
been taken by the police that was possible in connection with the prowler
who had been seen by one of the nursemaids at the Kennedy home. He
asked that the nursemaid now be interviewed to determine if she had
any additional information which might be helpful to the police. The
| Attorney General previously had not wanted the servant at the house

interviewed since he felt this might cause his wife some concern, she

being unaware of the reported prowler.

3. The Attorney General normally has a staff of approximately
ten individuals employed at his home, He requested that we make a discreet
check on these persons to encompass anything the FBI already had in its
files and whether the employees Inve any record with the local police. The
Attorney General has instructed his secretary to get together the names
and identifying data of these employees. Uw

It is noted tha’ the upstairs maid whose dis- BIC

appearance for a day or so while the Attorney General was on the west
| coast caused some concern, is resigning. We previously made available

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in a very satisfactory manner.

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‘The Attorney General stated he would advise the Denver
Office as soon as he decides when he is leaving Aspen and the

Bureau will be kept advised concerning this and every assistance
gett be be afforded him. a,

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“In addition to , the above the Atto ey ‘General ‘ held a’
press conference and also held a private conference with Palmer.‘ ‘
Hoyt Editor and Publisher of the Denver Post. | ‘ _

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‘TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH
The envelope is addressed to Mr. ROBERT KENNEDY,
x Attorney General of the United States of America, Washington, D. C.

it is postmarked Luxembourg, Septe The return address
is the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Government (sic).

* * * *

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Office of the Ministry of Justice

Luxembourg
August 1, 1961 (sic)

Q

Mr. ROBERT. KENNEDY
Attorney General of the United States
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir and Colleague:

I have just learned from His Excellency Mr. WINE, the
United States Ambassador in Luxembourg, that you plan to visit
Europe during the last week of September, 1961.

I would be very happy if your schedule permitted you to
pay a visit at that time to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. May
I say how much the government and the people of my country would.
appreciate such a gesture of sympathy and interest on your part.

In the event that we have the honor and the joy of receiving
you in Luxembourg, you, and the people accompanying you, will be
the guests of the Minister of Justice of Luxembourg.

4 Please accept, Sir and Colleague, this expression of my p: fe
. “highest esteem. on —
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DIRECTOR, FBI:
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/ visit OF ATTORNEY GENERALS “PORTLAND DIVISION, OCTOBER SIX TRETANT.

AG AND PARTY ARRIVED PORTLAND AIRPORT ELEVEN THIRTY Ae Me TODAY.
IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED TO BENSON HOTEL WHERE WE ADDRESSED PORTLAND
CITY CLUS, FOLLOWED ADDRESS BY QUESTION AND ANSWER ERIOD AT WHICH
REVEREND MARK CHAMBERLIN BAREN(REPRESENTATIVE, OREGON FEDERATION FOR
SOCIAL ACTION) END-RAREN ASKED QUESTION AS To WHAT AG CONTEMPLATED
DOING ABOUT POLITICAL DEPORTATIONS OF TWO PORTLAND INDIVIDUALS BAREN
(tackIE AND MAC KAY WHO WERE DEPORTED UNDER MCCARRAN ACT) EHE-PAREN. AG
REPLIED SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS. @HOBE I AN NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE
FACTS THESE CASES BUT AS A GENERAL RULE I AM OPPOSED TO COMMUNISTS
REMAINING IN THIS COUNTRY BAB-QHOTE. IN DISCUSSING ANTIRACKETEERING j
ACTIVESIES OF “THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AG SEVERAL TIMES PRAISED
WORK oF gee, E ALSO COMMENTED IN GLOWING TERMS RE FBI WORK IN COW

NECTION WETH INTERNAL SECURITY fff gHANDLING OF ‘ESPIONAGE MATT

UPON COMPLETION OF APPEARANCE AT CITY PLUB, A accinn/pnart F Fedo TO
_ Us Se COURTHOUSE AND MET ALEXYEAS ABLE EMPLOYEES OF PORTLAND DUYYSI ONe
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NOTE: cn

by Birmingham Office led to the indictment of 9 men on 9-1-61 ;

re an for Conspiracy and Destruction of Aircraft or Motor Vehicles. —.-~——
a 2 One man was hospitalized and was unable to stand trial. The

other 8 were brought to trial and on 11-3-61, mistrial was .

declared due to a hung jury. One of the defendants was acquitted.

The other 7 probably will be retried when co: ECO
or February, 1962. Special Agent S57 Ct
assigned Birmingham Office, conducted Investigation in

§ case, wrote the reports, and sat at the counsel table during
the trial.

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j Stapleton Field, Denver, Colorado, from Aspen, Colorado by
He was met at the airport
by ASAC VERNON D.* SME and SA L. RUSSELL HASHMAN of th
Denver Office. ‘Assistance was rendered to Mr. and Mrs.
KENNEDY in the securing of their accomodations and Mrs.
KENNEDY departed on United Air Lines Flight 868 from Denver,
enroute to Friendship International Airport, Baltimore,
Maryland. This flight was scheduled to depart at 4:15 P.M.
but was delayed and did not leave Denver until 5:20 P.M.

Mr. KENNEDY departed for Los Angeles on Continental
** air Lines Flight 9, which had been scheduled to depart at
4:25 P.M. but did not actually depart Denver until 5:30 P.M.
Mr. and Mrs. KENNEDY were quite appreciative of the assistance
rendered them, and immediately after Mr. KENNEDY's departure
the Los Angeles Office was telephonically advised of his de-
parture and contemplated arrival time in Los Angeles.

For the information of the Bureau, and to be noted in
Bureau records, Mr. KENNEDY, upon purchasing his ticket, was
unable to locate his GIR's and ASAC HARRINGTON furnished the
following GIR to Mr. KENNEDY for his use:

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ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
VISIT LUXEMBOURG

The Laboratory has completed translation of a letter to the LE
Attorney General referred to us by routing slip from the Department's co ?
Records Administration Office. The letter postmarked September 1, 1961, Za
(although dated August 1, 1961) is from "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Office “@~’”
of the Ministry of Justice" and is signed by one Paul Elvinger. . &- /

Elvinger, who is apparently the Luxembourg Minister of Justice,
refers to Mr. Kennedy's plan to visit Europe during the last week of September,
| 1961, and invites the Attorney General to visit the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
assuring him that he would be the guest of the Minister of Luxembourg.

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The translation of this letter has been sent to the Records C
Administration Office by the Director's routing slip in accordance with_
usual procedure. A typed copy of this translation is attached for r YOUR = -

information.
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Following this he presided over a conference with the heads
of the Federal law enforcement agencies during which he,

on a number of occasions, looked to the FBI representative
for clarification and presentation of the local crime picture.
Then he met with the United States Attorneys for Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Northern District of Iowa.

It was obvious that he relied heavily on Assistant
Director COURTNEY A. EVANS for advice and counsel. I heard
many favorable comments concerning the impression Mr. EVANS
left with persons he met.

At the conclusion of the meeting in the United
States Attorney's Offices, the Attorney General expressed
a desire to visit the FBI Office. In response to this
request he and his party were afforded a tour of our space.
He was complimentary of the space and stated that he was
very favorably impressed with the agent and clerical personnel
he met. He was afforded an opportunity to meet all of the
clerical personnel. It was evident that he was favorably
4mpressed with his visit.

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REMAINED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES TO LISTEN To DISCUSSION
STAKING PLACE IN CONFERENCE « ENROUTE TO THE AIRPORT ATTORNEY GENERAL
“ADVISED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR EVANS AND ME THAT HE WAS EXTREMELY
tnarssib wu THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE BEING HELD BY THE BUREAU FOR
AGENTS “TN rie WESTERN STATES. HE SAID THAT AS HE LOOKED OVER THE
CONFERENCE: RES SRECWAS IMPRESSED BY THE SPLENDID APPEARANCE OF THE AGENTS
IN THE “auniiite, HE NOTED THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE ALL EXPERIENCED
INVESTIGATORS AND CAREER MEN WITH MANY YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE FBI.
HE SAID HIS BIG DISAPPOINTMENT WAS THAT HE COULD NOT SPEND THE WHOLE

DAY AT THE FBI CONFERENCE BECAUSE OF HIS TIGHT SCHEDULE. ATTORNEY

GENERAL AND PARTY DEPARTED TEN AM, PST, BY UNITED AIR LINES FOR
PORTLAND, OREGON.

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Re: Attorney General's West Coast Trip

The Attorney General also had a quiet, wigublicized
meeting scheduled with Governor Brown of California. This was to
be at the Lawford home and the Attorney General never did say that

in fact he had this meeting.

Captain Hamilton of the Los Angeles Police Department
came up to the Court House and spoke privately with the Attorney General
for four or five minutes. In addition, the Attorney General had a private
talk with west coast teamster leader Brewster of Seattle.

Paul O'Neill, who was described as one of the leading
magazine writers in the United States, is doing an extensive article
on the Attorney General for "Life" magazine. As part of his research
in this regard O'Neill traveled with the Attorney General on part of
his trip and observed some of the Attorney General's activities.

While nothing new was volunteered to the Attorney General,
there was an opportunity of talking with him. In this regard the situation
regarding conducting applicant-type investigations was discussed and
particularly the request of Sargent Shriver of the Peace Corps which we
had to decline. The Attorney General fully understands the many added
responsibilities which have been impo ed on the Bureau which is the
reason that we could not absorb this additional work. I don't think
Shriver will get very far if he tries to talk to the Attorney General
about this.

The Attorney General had press conferences in each of

a wag hadlv miacuoted in the Tos Anceles pres:

the cities he visited. He was badly misquoted in the Los Angeles press.
In this regard, the Attorney General's statement as to the Communist
menace leaves much to be desired. While he correctly indicated an
increase in Iron Curtain country espionage, which would be of concern
except for the vigilence of the FBI, his statement as to the dangerous-
ness of the Communist Party gives the wrong impression, By saying
that few Americans have been duped into firirg the Communist Party,
the Attorney General leaves the impression that Communists are not

much of a menace in the United States. He has failed to emphasize

the fanatical and aggressive action of the Communist Party members
plus the even greater activity by the front groups.

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= 40-2-61, CPUSA and Nuclear Testing

3 | RECOMMENDATIONS:
4 (1) That we give the attached sheet to Ed Guthman for the use indicated
} above. Guthman is planning to leave for the West Coast the afternoon of Tuesday,
q

10-83-61. The attached sheet should, therefore, be given to him sometime during the
: | morning of 10-3-61.

(2) That this memorandum and attachment be returned to my office
after approval.

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‘pepe: PROWLER AT THE HOME OF

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

the absence of the SAC at Richmond, Senior Resident Agent
quand: Alexandria was contacted. He was informed that the ve
rney General had said he would like to accept the offer of the Chief S 7
of Police at, Fairfax County to increage the police patrol in the vicinity of

| the Kennedy home. In addition, SA 8 informed that the nursemaid

at the Kenfledy fome who initially reported the presence of the prowler
should be interviewed.

SA subsequently called back and advised he had been
in contact with the ef of rfax County concerning this Z
matter. In addition, [aera the nursemaid at the Kennedy 7,
iterview n the basis of the information furnished by :
a: this interview, it appears that the individual she saw was
prowler. This person was not actually near the Kennedy
home ut rather was on the edge of the grounds of the public road.
feels that on the basis of the man's action at the time he

apparently had gotten out of his car to urinate and on being surprised
rapidly lelt the area.

“The Attorney General's secretary is to get together descriptive
data on the domestics employed at the Kennedy home in order that we may
| check our files and also those of the local police. This data has not as yet
been obtained by the Attorney General's secretary.

ACTION TO BE TAKEN:

As soon as the identifying data is received, the appropriate file
checks will be made. At the conclusion thereof, a memorandum willbe 2
prepared for the Attorney General advising him of pertinent information fy

is : developed in this matter. ee JSVS 7 7 - 17 G
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM: SAC, CHICAGO

SUBJECT: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CHICAGO
FOR WHITE HOUSE REGI CONFERENCE

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and
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Upon arrival at heraton Hotel, the
Attorney General asked SA in private a number
of questions concerning the CK murder case. These
questions were of a general nature wherein the Attorney General’

Jfidicetea that it was "too bad that the gun did not match the

bullet which was examined by the Laboratory."

was advised by
D He asked several other general

and preferred attepiio
questions, and SA gave him =, ial general |
answers. In answering e questions, did not furnish
any information that was not already contained in teletype

summaries to the Bureau. 4

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At the elevator in the icago-Sheraton Hotel, the
,"Is there anything further

Attorney General did ask SA
know about the KIL! case?" at which time SA
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replied in the necative
replied in the negative.

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as to what act eing taken concerning this case, and he
that it was receiving constant, vigorous

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To : Mr, Evans Ta iy . pare: (10/18/61 Sates ——

from : J.J. nosees\\ , 3 ee

oupect: PROWLER AT HOME OF
3 ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT KENNEDY A L {

MC LEAN, VIRGINIA, 10/16/61

The follo information was telephonically received from :
> Alexandria, Virginia, on evening of 10/18/6l: On © £7.
10/18/61) of Poli Durrer, Fairfax County, Virginia, was
contacted by SRA on a confidential basis. Major Durrer advised
that a patrol vehicle with one cer is assigned to the Mc Lean, Virginia, area,
where the Robert Kennedy's live, around the clock. He said that the officer
operates in a patrol car except from 2 until 10 p.m. daily during which period
he uses a three wheel motor. Major Durrer said in addition there are officers
assigned to school crossing duties during daylight hours and patrol traffic officers
and detectives are in the area on occasions as cases demand. Major Durrer
said the patroling officer has no set schedule for such but is instructed to
continually patrol the Mc Lean area,

Major Durrer advised that all officers of his Department know the
location of the Kennedy home and make a casual check of the house and its
surroundings whenever they pass.

Major Durrer volunteered that if it was desired he could increase
the patrol in the vicinity of the home but that he would not take any action until
such was requested.

Beainre Durrar araonally chackead his records and advised th
ersonally checked his records and advised they

major vurr:
reflected Mrs. RovenKonmedy, 4700 Chain Bridge Road, Mc Lean, Virginia,
in report number 169422 dated 9/12/ 60, stated that there was a prowler near

her home. Investij ‘ax police deter that a Yellow Cab
operated b Washington, D. C., LIC
had taken m us termina. fashington, D. C., totheKennedy —
home and had backed on the grass becoming stuck. Mrs. Kennedy was 80
advised by the Fairfax Police Department. va)
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OCT 30 1961;

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I wanted you to know that our employees were
most appreciative of your thoughtfulness in providing
fifty-eight tickets for the International Horse Show last
evening.

. On the basis of several calls received from
these employees this morning, the event was a most
enjoyable one. .

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Date: Sept. 27, 1961

{Type in plain taxt or code)

ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT

For the information of the Bureau, Attorney General Kewne’.
and his wife arrived in Denver at 11:10 a.m., this date ‘and were met,
at the plane by the press, Governor and Mrs. STEPHEN L. R. MC NICHOL
and USA LAWRENCE M. HENRY and his wife. He was also met by the SAC,
Denver and was offered every assitance. Attorney General KENNEDY
then met with the United States Attorneys from Colorado, New Mexico,
Wyoming, and Utah and the Assistant United States Attorneys

from Colorado and heads of all Federal Law Enforcement Investigativg
Agencies in Colorado, The United States Attorneys discussed vari
cases they were prosecuting. The Attorney General was excellently
briefed in connection with the problems facing the United States
Attorneys as well as Law Enforcement Agencies in this area. This
discussion appeared to be most satisfactory to the Attorney General
as well as the individuals in attendance at this conference.
Subsequently he had lunch at the Hilton Hotel with the Governor and
the United States Attorneys and the Federal Judges from Denver and
from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals including Judge WILLIAM E.
DOYLE who has just been appointed to the Federal Bench in Denvex A“

At 3:30 p.m., the Attorney General and his wife departed

via automobile for Aspen Meadows, Colorado,
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Only one problem arose in 2. the Attornéy Gen
evidenced a keen interest. This was a problem of narcotics
agents in Albuquerque which conarned them and the City of .
Albuquerque Narcotics Department , From the statement made by
the USA at Albuquerque it appeareft Gat here was no cooperation 4.
offered by the City of faceted She to pend ¥ederal Narcotics Agents.
The Attorney GEneral requested et froar ers send im
2@ memorandum concerning this matte:

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