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was the aftermath of an affair in San Diego. The San Diegomatter has been reported to the Bureau both by this Officeand by San Diego under the caption, "MAX OSSLO, et al, CRIMINALRACKETS ACTIVITIES - GIIF." OSSLO, together with certainmembers of the Teamsters Union and of the Sailors Union of thePacific, was convicted in San Diego on charges includingconspiracy to assault a Retail Clerks Union representativein October, 1955, when 0SSLO's Butchers Union and the RetailClerks found themselves in over jurisdiction.
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Francisco, , shouldhave been prosecuted a and the others, since itappeared fairly evident t OSSLO furnished the oons who
performed the beating in San Diego.not prosecuted, and source states that this came a ou roughCalifornia Governor GOODWIN J. KNIGHT's obligation to repay apolitical debt to Source has heard that GovernorKNIGHT arranged with San Diego County District Attorney DONKELLER to delete -from the prosecutive proceedingsin return for which KELLER was to receive an appellate judge-ship. News of this leaked out, and, while wassuccessful in avoiding prosecution, KNIGHT was forced tocover up by appointing someone else to the judgeship. Sourcesaid this leaves KNIGHT under distinct obligation to San Diego
County District Attorney KELLER.
EROwN's attention to the Los Angeles County assaultcase has been related to our source as necessary because of thedelicate political implications which are so potentially highlyembarrassing to KNIGHT's administration, as a result of his
dealings with E and KELLER.
While the above information is admittedly sketchy,it is source's intention to attempt developing details andpossibly some degree of proof. Meanwhile, this Office willappreciate receipt of any further details from either SanDiego or San Francisco in the event information along this line
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Ad investigation g bee under way in Los Anqeles California, uh 1 puryorted to be
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and his staff are reported to beactually conducting the investigation. AN ' " <'l.scontroversy betw%%a,Jlstrict ¢ttorney_e1 5Ernest doll and §;§§élg§§Ph;g§;p§$?olicg§HHq{§?§¥§P§rRer has been fermenting for' ' 0' 'h Fnearly 3 years. It was indlcatel EHQJ a _local grand jury might be called to determineif either Roll or e§g§;;is guilty of anyimisconduct in office. both 11011 and @,a.1~kq3were reoorted to nave promised to cooperate.It was indicated the main source of trouble' » 1»was lack o cooperation and narmony be.weenRoll and Qark"er;.:_, .
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All offioee should remain alert to this situationand any pertinent information which comes to your attention
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which nas been going or or some time in Los
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under the direction of California State AttornqGeneral Edmund G. "Pat" Brown. P t!
former Alameda County Assistant strict -
Attorney and his staff are reportedly con-
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the main source of trouble was lack of co-
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campaigned for Brown in his candidacy for San Francisco District
Attorney in the fall elections of 1943. The informant urther
advised that after the election Brown contacted and
said "Thanks a million for all your fine work on my e alf,1L _" Tesur, 62-76249-19! '92D On December 10 1943, an informant advised thisBureau that mentioned above, contacted Brownk_,,and advised him a t e Rational Lawyers Guild NLG was
-planning to give a luncheon for him. Brown and thenv/ discussed the Guild and Brown stated that "In my heart
_ agree with you people but I sometimes difer with your methods."The National Lawyers Guild has been cited as a communist -
front by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Tesur,62-76249-19! -L, An informant advised this Bureau on Au ust ll, 1944,920l that Brown was _a close personal friend 'o_f of .1! San Prancisco,_a known communist who was ac ve n e affairs
YL/ of the California Labor School. The California Labor School
has been designated by the Attorney General of the United
States pursuant to so 10450. Tesur, e2¢vs2g9-19!
An informant has advised this Bureau that inNovember, 1944, o known communist, was _requested to obtain pu ci y an aid for District Attorney
- Edmund Brown in connection with Bromns investigation of the
"Mothers, Fives and Sisters of USA," allegedly an "anti-
adninistration" organization in San Francisco. 2-76249-11,pag¢ 3!
- A highly confidential source has advised this -
Bureau that in December, 1944, an unknown nan had been con-
tacting prominent people in San Prancisco and informing then
that the California Labor School was dominated by co nists.
8 1' W rt ier advised ihoi H '§! and an old-tine connunis , _cal ed on District
Attorney Edmund Brown and after a long chat was allegedlyassured that Brown would give the school and ya »"clean bill of sale to anybody in town.? Tesur 62-76249-1l,page 5!_it
In January, 1945, an informant made available a
list of names prepared at the California State Cbnnunist Partyheadquarters at San Francisco. The list was captioned -
Waxes for 'People's Iorld Advisory Conmittee.'" Brown's
V» name was included in this list along with other public,
union and clergy oficials. The "People's World," also
known as the "Daily People's Imrld, is a west coast cannu-
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The February 13, 1945, issue of the "San FranciscoChronicle," a San francisco newspaper, reported that Brown,then District Attorney, opposed the deportation of Harry Bridges,a west coast labor leader accused of membership in the Commu-nist Party. 2-76249-11, page 7; 39-915-2560!~. _.
An article appearing in the August 9, 1949, issueof the San Francisco Chronicle" announced that Brown had beenelected vice president of the San-Francisco Chapter of the
National Lawyers Guild. 00-7321-879! 92o'92 In Se tember, 1944 an informant reported thatof the California Labor- ,Schoo1, contacge! Brown an! asked_for a contribution. Brown»/ replied that he was unable to contribute at that time butwould allow the school to state that he, Brown, approved and
endorsed the scnod1. Tesur, 62-76249-19!
This Bureau is in possession of a letterhead entitled"Salute to Young America Committee," which was a committee,according to the letterhead, to sponsor a second anniversarydinner of the American Youth for Democracy AYD! at SanFrancisco. This letterhead lists Brown as a member of theCommittee in Formation. The informant who made the letter-head gvailable to this Bureau stated that Brown was beingconsi ered by the Communist Party in San Francisco as a?%;9§2g$fvg2f@%;4gt:z5tt¢e. Nofurther details dsdtldble.!
. , -I , -In March, 1946, this Bureau was furnished a copyof a letter dated January 10, 1946, written by a veteransgroup at the University of San Francisco, which criticizedBrown for permitting his name to be listed as a sponsor of abanquet on November 10, 1945, at the St. Francis Hotel,San Francisco, in honor of the AID. In reply, Brown byletter dated February 1, 1946, stated that he knew that theYoung Communist League YCL! or some sinilar organizationhad participated in the formation of the AYD. He then calledan official of the AYD to determine if it was connunistic -.in either origin or intent. According to Brown, the officialadvised hin that the AYD "was not in any manner, shape orform connunistic although some members of the Young CommunistLeague had at one tine belonged." Brown added, "I haverefused at all tines to become a sponsor of any organizationor any meeting until I first investigated its background."The AYD and the YCL have been designated by the Attorneyo¢nerd1 of the United States pursuant to so 10450. 2-76249-13!
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' P h d nPormation to this Bureau An infor rnis e» i I. . .indicating that described above, during a politicalr" Ddiscussion at a meeting of t e State 8oard of the oommunist ;artyof California of which he is a member! held on Harch 23, 1946,at San Francisco, stated that Brown, then a candidate for theoffice of State Attorney General, had called upon him and wantedhim to help write a couple of speeches no further details
available! . Tesu 1-, 100-ssees-91!W
According to an informant, a meeting of the WhitneyClub, communist Political Association, Alameda County, California,
ws held on May 2, 1946, at Oakland, California. Accordingto the informant, the members were instructed to vote for Brownfor State Attorney General. sr 1453, 100-359085-1!
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, U. S. Army,
has advised this Bureau that on June 14, 1946, the Mobilizationfor Democracy sponsored a public meeting at the Olympic Audito-rium in Los Angeles, California, at which Brown spoke. TheMobilisation_!or Democracy has been cited as one of the "key
communist fronts in California," by the California Committee
on Un-American Activities, Report l947.00-343748-9!
In October, 1946, an informant advised this Bureauthat the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts,
Sciences and Professions HICCASP! was devoting its mainefforts toward the November, 1946, elections and was going to¢ intensively support a number of candidates, including Edmund G.Brown, who was running for State Attorney General. The HICCASPis an affiliate of the Independent Citizens Committee of theArts, Sciences and Professions, which is cited as a communist_front by the Congressional Committee on Uh-American Activities.
00-13s'r54-1361 - Accor ing to a highly confidential source, the name
of Edmund G. Brown, 460 Magellan Avenue, San Francisco,appeared in the indices of the Joint Anti-Fascist RefugeeI Conmittee, San Francisco, as of March l7, l948. According tothe informant, this file is labeled "Donors," and purports to 'reflect the names of individuals who have contributed to the
organisation or who can be influenced to contribute money.
00-7061-1753!' A_ _An informant advised this Bureau on February 24,. 1954, that a§~ qr p§al_ ecutiuelboad.meeting of the_East=/' ,5a_z;}* Chf, ~1*§f'e?l_d* the, p rue xii gush?-day; at-:4-g;1en,'_:,_, ,;_rq_;n ,.,::.¢ ,_ , ;"s',_;u e ..@Q¢.vn3'vfq7i_n,dividu%i¬s " #nia§%i3;sea§§h&d- L rg_w1ut_a;'reg'al§f7i_:g_ 35;u
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to so 10450. 00-3-'22-106/! _
Associated Press dispatches dated January 21, 1955,at San Francisco, California, reported that Brown was requestingthe California State Legislature to establish a new bureau tokeep track of California's racketeers and hoodluns. He also -was quoted as saying there is need for legislation requiringthe State Attorney General to make periodic county crime surveysto determine what kind of a job the smaller law enforcementagencies are doing. It is noted that the legislation proposed -by Brown was subsequently introduced in the California State
Legislature. 2-9919';-2e_45!
l Brown advised this Bureau on July 5, 1956, that hewas opposed to any provision giving the individual states theright to prosecute subversives. He_felt that they wereincapable and inadequately equipped to handle such a job. Headded, "I assure you that I recognize the menace of subversiveactivities and I desire to do all in my power to aid and assistyou as well as other security agencies of our Government."
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of the encampment under police guard and keeping them under policeuard until they are returned to Nevada so they could not be played9
would be a violation of the Federal law.
I advised Mr. BROWN that the law is quite plain as to
b t that an clarifica- interstate transportation of gambling devices u ytion of it wouldfhave to be a matter for discussion with the
Lkpartment. ~
.ur. BROWN continued that he was not making any request forany decision at this time inasmuch as he did not even know if the
Bohemian Club would actually want to have slot machines as part ofthe script. Be stated that the mere possession of the slot machinesin California is a violation of the state law and that he, of course,' 1 towould have to act in his legal capacity as Attorney Genera ' l the were disabled and handled underseize such machines un ess ypolice guard with full knowledge of their use as props beforehand.He advised that if the matter progressed any further he wouldpersonally discuss it with the Department in Washington and that,if he did, heiwould advise me as to the results of his discussion., v.- 3/-The above is being furnished for the Bureau's infonmationand no action is being taken here. _The Bureau, I think, is aunre92of the background qf the Bohemian Club, it being a most reputable
business club in San Francisco.
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He advised that on Monday, 1/5/58, Investi atorsfo he District Attorney attempted to conduct*in an attempt to check on the information se
for above. They found thatresidence on that date, and they learned a solutely nothing
more regarding the above situation.
on 1/13/58.all e information he presently possesses regardinghe State Attorney General, and
at he intends to con uct additional investigation inFebruary in an attempt to verify the data or to disproveit, as he claims the incident happens only once each month.He stated on l/13/58 that Investigators for the DistrictAttorney have condxgcted a surveillance of and that on l/13/5 palm Springs, California> He said the purpose o e trip has not been determined.
lg-~. e described as a local politic ,in gambling circles around Los Angeles for many years. ,../'
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*information, and it is submitted as an item of information
tonly.
- Bs been <=<>nne¢1=e<ig; k!j7c Jfor a number of years in the bookmaking racket in Los Angeles
and Culver City, California. There have been numerous
rumors concerning his gambling and political activities.ne of the leaders in the legalized pokergam ing p aces in Gardena, California, and for a time was
Linvolved in gambling at Reno, Nevada.
There are current attempts being made by a
citizens group in Gardena to have legalized gambling
outlawed in that municipality. Attempts have also been
made in the past through the State Legislature to abolishgambling of this type throughout the State. Those efforts
were unsuccessful.
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individual has been received by the FBI from a source which
is considered reliable. This individual stated that he
__ could not vouch tor the accuracy oi this data and stated
he did not know its original source. '
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in Ins lngeles and Culver 7, California. there have
been numerous runo~ t_, ; rs concer ianbling and political- _ activities . one of the leaders
_ . tin the legalized poker establishments in Gardena, California,1 ___ e ' and was formerly involved in gambling at Reno, Honda.
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to the Internal Revenue Service for whatever action that T1
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California Attorney General
This will acknowledgéeceipt of your memorandum
dated January 29, 1958, addressed to Commiesionerussell C. ,Harrington relative to alleged payoffs to the subject-named.
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Mr. zFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION > Mr MohrUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE _ Q Mr "ease '- June 6, 1958 WV
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Mr. Tami._ who advised he Mr. Trotteri.W3.S 3-SSOCi§B/d With ?ttO1'I16y éogfof._Gene_1;a_,l¢ at r wn 0 California, 'lo &e MayowerHotel: 1_QQm..'l.Z.§. to advised Miss HolmsiAttorney General Brown was in Miss <;an¢y_______ I
Washington today and would like
very much an opportunity of seeing the Director this '
afternoon. He stated that Mr. Brown desired to
discuss with the Director generally the situation in
Califomia and particularly wanted to discus with Is him
matters pertaining to crime reports and statistics in
California.
II advised _the Director was presently out of
the office and his schedule this afternoon called for '
the Di 'rector to be out of the office in outside
conferences, but his request would be brought to theD t °118C or's attention and _ would be advised.
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O? Memawmdum - Ui92Il'i'ED S'[,92[E$- GO92'F.l31T92.92i
TO MR. TOLSON July l8. 1958
W .1. P. MOHR;--I,::E.~.» -Qg $L'BIE 'T -. ." ,_*_'i'--_" CALIFORNIA STATE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL J 1INVESTIGATION AND IDENTIFICATION r V
1" r._ ,.- -i The attached letter of July 16, 1958, from the SAC ai. San F!3.IiClSt92.=A . transmits copies of an article appearing in the San Francisco Examiner under daw-of July 16, 1958, captioned "FBI Crime Report Unfair, Brown Says," and a lettmto the editor of Time magazine by Bern M. Jacobson of the Law EnforcementSection of the Attorney General's office, which letter Chief William H. Parker WE
the Los Angeles Police Department recently made public.
The Agent in Charge also advises that Chief of Police Carl R. Egge:'of Glendale, California, President of the C_ali_f_ornia Police Officers Association,designated SAC Burke to serve on the Crime Reporting and Criminal StatisticsCommittee of the California Association. l.'nless advised to the contrary, Burkeplans to accept. With reference to this matter, l would like to point out that Cari itEggers, Chief of Police at Glendale, serves on the Committee on Uniform CrimeReporting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is friendly to theBureau. Actually, his name was suggested by us to be a member of that COU'll1'lll.lkv:
I see no objection to Burke serving.
The item in the San Francisco Examiner has a number of parts ofinterest to us. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Pat! indicated that majorcrime rose 12. 8% in California in'l§~5_'7'. ' He doelsnot define "major crime" andthen he charges that the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports of California presents thestate in "an unjustifiable, unfavorable light" 1g_that;he_FBI sets the figure at 923§$, 92Q_e_are_t_1nable to identify anyplace in th_<-f:,WQ'nifgrm_ Crime Re rte ,b9lle§p_ where Brovfn could have arrived at his figure of an increase in 35£ ':lhlch 115 "A _ sajidiwe showed forEW . Table 26*on page §Tof the bulletin presents' G-Ad, our crimeztrezifflgures for the e 0 California from 1956 to 1957 according -__ , to the reports we received both of those years from 186 city police deps.rtments.3 '" cl» m The total of all offenses increased by 12.9%, which is only one-tenth oi_ goth one perce'_ in excess of the figure Brow» used to show the trend according tothe5", state coqgaations. . | 9 --
. < -J" new-nzcduil? Brown goes on to complain about the FE mbsr of crimes -,.Qyunit of " n the 1950 census, and this q ontmmm of ~: the Jaco n comp int _ Time concerning Time's mi rates they published rt; § in the J!?-8&7issu A 8; ;g Y n =lF3?{¬:gT 92 Nb ya l x I , . ' N {__'_ ':_:_;.- ~ I y Y l 1 =x- fix. fvf "la": ._>:1 . t. Ai; .. ' F '4=>=-'-»*@'¢""<s =7/' li"" t"i*~* _-. '
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With reference to the use 1950 population figures, we do use thissource as a basis for the calculation of crime rates for groups oL__c:it;§_:*h either bypopulation groups or by geographical division or state. page 92, latest UCRenclosed as an example! But, as indicated. in previous memoranda, ;»y_e_g9_n_q_tca_.lc_ulate_any such ratesior _indi;1dua_l_g.ities. For each city we only_sh_o}v the _xrumlier of offenses they report to us. page .102 of UCR enclosed as exarnplellWe mustuse the'late§t"available, nationally compiled populations figures tocalculate average crime rates for groups of cities as above, and the only thingwe have available are the 1950 figures. It would not be sound, for example, incalculating the crime rate for cities with oopulation from 100, 000 to 250, O00 asa group to use local Chamber of Commerce estimates of the population for eachplace in view of the lack of unif-urmity under which such estimates are made.This is explained adequately, l believe. in the first. paragraph beginning on page
91 of the Uniform Crime Reports for last year, enclosed!. On that page wel point out that the 1957 rates for the city groups are based on the 1950 populationfigures because no later data are available on a nation-wide basis. We go on in thatparticular section of the text to give a somewhat technical presentation of theproblems involved in the calculation of rates based on various population figures
,to satisfy the sociologists and research students.
Incidentally. we nave been in contact from time to time with the
Census Bureau people and they have been unable to furnish us current populationfigures for the various reporting cities in the crime reporting program and for the,rural areas separately. This population problem was the number one item onthe agenda furnished the current Committee on Uniform Crime Reporting, headed _by Dr. :rPeter.»-P. Lejins of the Department of Sociology, University of Maryland.
The current committee has completed their work and within the next
week or ten days we will have a draft of their final report.
RECOMMENDATIONS: »
1 - That the attached letter go forward to Attorney General Edmund' G. Brown, transmitting to him a copy of the Director's letter to Time magazine dated July 18, 1958, and a copy of the annual issue of the Uniform Crime Reports
2 . in California crime last year.-" for last year pointing out to him that our figures do not show a 85% increase
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' 2 That the attached letter go iorward to tative, Law Enforcement Section of the Office of' to him a copy of the Director's/1 " "'T'?.'Wv¥. _ » :,. - ~v P - _ * m%fi¬§enret§s>I!...,t..-,' transmitting' _ -L,av;,,_Enfoi:ce
the Attorney General of California,
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3 - That copies{If/.-' ICalifornia SACs.
forward to the Special Agent in Charge.
he Crime Reporting 4 - That the attached letter gomay accept an appointment to =.' ' Officers Association and San Francisco. advising that he' ' 'ttee of the California Policendence mentioned above. and Statistics Commitransmitting to him copies of the correspo
field copies C Letter transmitting to the ,with instructions thatI5 - That we prepare an SA' tter of July 18, 1958, to Time magazinearticle, deliver a copy of the Director
ity.of the Director s lethe SAC in each city mentioin the Timeletter to the Administrative head of the Police Agency of that c
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CRIME RATES FOR INDIVIDUAL CITIES .. »-RECENT PUBLICITY
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~ § -The recent unfavorable publicity concerning the Uniform Crime
UCR! is attributable exclusively not to any misstatements within the UCR or mis-'**'-fj management of the UCR program by the FBI. It resulted entirely from a terriblemistake by Time magazine in their June 30, 1958, issue. _Completely without ]usti~fication, they laid the blame for their errors to the FBI in the June 30 issue and again
in their July 21 issue. Copy of each is attached.
TI-IE JUNE, 30 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE
" This represents a conglomerate of just about everything it is possible
to do wrong with crime statistics as follows:
1. Time states "In the FBI list of felony rates in U. S. cities, Chicago .ranks second most law abiding. . . " This is absolutely false. The UCR has never 5 7listed '_'feloi_i_92L rates in IL_S. cities." We never calculate any rates for individual '
cities. To the contrary, we have refused many requestswdo so and regularly i£_ ,the UCR we caution against such tactics! Time is responsible for the rates they .°published, not the FBI, All we ever publish for individof offenses in each category, such as, murder, robbery, larceny, etc. , the policereport to us. Tsssi #34-:2 28- ucR /is;/744:0! - asrvo 7'50/,4».ir . 1 - -~ -~ 1- - " "
2. in calculating the rates for cities they listed, Time used the 1950
census figures from published Census Bureau reports and the number of oemss loteach city from the UCR. They thus arrived at the number of offenses for 1000A inhabitants for each of the 22 cities they listed. Presumably they used the 1950 census figures because the Census Bureau has no- more recent population figures for ' ell cities. Obviously, if since 1950,any city has increased, for instance, upiltb b __III in populationaa crime rats calculated ustng 1057 crimes and 1000 celsll gltll -A' H.%:o-saute a tstortion of m¢'uw-mu. kch 1 city -I»
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get a grand total of crime for Los Angeies. ';_hen_,Hwi_t_h_ that figure and the_,_lL950census fi re Timeprgpared 21__Q!ll'I1_§ rag; Number of offenses divided by populationt'fme';~s~1Fé£jIl1e7§t;llacy' in thisyis apparent. .ThisJ!ro_cedure§i_ves the samefweighi",.-p to each larceny offense as to murdeér. Z Z C Z '
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~ Under the Time procedure, City A, above, is more crime ridden than
City B, simply because it has more total offenses reported. In fact, however,City B is truly crime ridden because of the high number of murders, robberies and
assaults. We never make this type of "lumped" comparison in the UCR.
4. Time made a direct comparison of crime between cities. In each
issue of the UCR we specifically caution against such comparisons and set forth92many reasons why it is improper. - 1°-47 - /7~"79_ "'°*°¢ U5? ' ""'/ 7f*'¢680.
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5. Time lifted most of its article from the New York Times issue» of June 22, 1958. Time went to press June 22 on its June 30, 1958, issue and . 1failed to have its Washington Bureau check the figures with us. The Times item
a There was virtually no reaction to the New York Times article ET . _%_l_teshm1-.- 92; re ins been widespread reaction to the Time article which erroneously quotes A
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I'll JULY 31, 1958, IISUE OF TIME IAGAZINE '
A letter to the editor of Time on page 4 attached! questions the leeof 1950 population in calculating crime rates. inserted alter-- this letter to the editor "Time should have painted out that for a cities liltid
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the FBI used 1957 crime figures and 1950 census figures. --Ed. " This statement
is false. We did not do it -- Time did.
Time's ,Washi_ng_t_Qn_Bureau has admitted to us their June 3Q and_luLy_21,
1958 article us!. Their city crime 131Ql_i_§_ting*theyadmi_twg,5"lifted" bodily from the New York TTmes*without checking_,__ The Washington BureauY TimeYNews Editorlfcalied us July 17, 1958, asking us to answer several question:bout FBI-UCR figures which caused them to receive unfavorable mail. We blessedut Time and straightened them out as to their error. We made no mistake; theyid, as did the New York Times. -nced. Alumw, Vciwu. w-¢-¢Q- %<.u~_'192u-01 gel.»->92-04 ab U3;The foregoing summary of careless reporting b Timehas broughtunfavorable reaction from California's Attorney General Pa " rown who couldhardly wait to write about it.! Also, from Atlanta, Denver and there will probablybe others. When a magazine like Time charges the FBI with full blame for Timesfiasco, those complaining to us can hardly be criticized. When the full facts ofthe case are brought to light I think it is only fair to state that the present situation did not result from inadequate supervision of UCR at the FBI. To the contrary, we1-
have carefully avoided and regularly cautioned against the very thing Time arxi the
New York Times did. It is most unfortunate Time published such a vulnerable
piece and doubly unfortunate they blamed us for the error.
RE COMMENDATION: 5
92, I- That the attached letter be forwarded to Heriil=y:1{j;=;Luce of Time. This
complaining about "FBI figures" in Time Magazine.' will set the record straight and serve henceforth as a basis for answering those
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Honorable Edmund G . Brown
Attorney General
state oi Caliiornia
600 State Building
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My dear Mr. Attorney General:
I have read an article appearing in the :I~an Francisco Examineroi July l6, 1958, captioned ' FBI Crime Report Uniair, Brown Says. I havealso read the article appearing in Time magazine under date oi June 30, 1958,showing a listing oi crime rates for selected large cities in the United States.
With reierence to the article in Time magazine I am enclosing for,_ your iniormation a copy at my letter of July 18 l958 to the editor oi Time
which l believe you will iind sell-explanatory.
I am also enclosing a copy oi the Uniiorm Crime Reports bulletino 1957 for your convenience and l would like to point out that the only placeco in - s publication where we make any attempt to indicate the trend oi crime'3 in Caliiornia appears on page 92. On this page we show the number oi offensesf 11$» rted to the FBI by l86 cities in Calitornia during each of the years i956 and_ is 7. Only the number oi oiienses is shown since we did not convert the iigures I.-- terms oi the number oi crimes per unit oi population. These iigures show' the total crimes reported to us by these cities in California increased la. 9 ' ~_= cent irom 1956 to 1957 which l am sure you will agree is quite close to the Vl2. 8 per cent increase which you are quoted as indicating for Caliiornia in theitem in the San Francisco Examiner mentioned above. We did not make any tstatement in the Uniform Zrime Reports bulletin to the eiiect that California I
crime increased 35 per cent as you cated to the press. .. . REC- 55 Q -~ . /1*]:gig:-::92?A_E_L:pah V Smwely yq _ . 1 .//_ /I ;v.__,::::;e- mi p»-~ . " J Eda Q! as E "li92"§7 1/pm°..;I'Z§AC, Los Angeles Enclosures - 2! A 92 92_/UL ~411;: -1---SAC,"._San' Diego Enclosures - 2! _ ' ' - ..-<Trove: l-S San Francisco Enclosures - 5°11" T-5831' HWVQTT "ti; -"-'$LiZ°;.;T. '7 JUL 291cm 2! Director <~ 8* %Hollomqn-__: _ ' l " -7 - - 1'3 Gm, .=.m5_.H@0M §1_Add'ress obtained from CI1lIl¬ Recor s. -.
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"¥'?Y'?1'4." Tear rather Foove'The San Francis.! Fay Area newspapers, camsago, published some Tirires from your last astonishino-ixwrease {er California aroused eta1e . :.,.ej n-
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{went officers.Your last Report was not received bf; me, aCLtho.;;-_.. - -."-..'-x-.1 ,§;7been on the mailing list; I will appreciate a copy. y- Brown being a candidate for Governor, as you wei- Know, » ~92against my friend, Senator William F. Knowland, is trying to avoid political implications. Very frankly, as you also maow
I am anxious to use the implications. Il also have loftier motives which I am sure coincide wit Fyours, and they are to help in decreasing major CPil8 and for _that reason to obtain a correct analysis. n1 .The enclosed clipping from our legal newspaper, The In e I City Express, sets forth Brown's tactics. CAlso enclosed is tear sheet from Oakland Tribune of JulyQ, 2Qth, the first 2 paragraphs of hich were written by my friend, 92¢>_L-'aD§if§9pe, who is one of the finest newspapermen that we haveand not only a Past Master of his own Lodge but of manygggzr things. _
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will be the Moderator. My wife, Marie and I will be at the
Biltmore.9292Angelea. I shall endeavor to attend the meeting at which you
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ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLED -'MlSINFORMED' - '
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, yesterday said
' Atty. Gen. Brown was misinformed when
he criticized the FBI for assertedly publish-
ing incorrect gures on the crime rate inCalifornia. '
In an Llu_siy_e_interview with The San
Diego Union, Hoov¬F'Tso took is_sue with
Brown for saying the crime figures sub-
_ mitted to the FBI by Los Angeles were ac-
l curate while those for New York, Chicago
1 and Detroit were not.
Hoover, who is vacationing in La Jolla,
_ was interviewed in the San Diego FBI of-
1 fice in the San Diego Trust & Savings
Building.Brown For FBI Criticism
nately, Mr. Brown didn't inform himself
as to the facts before he spoke.
He said the FBI had announced there
has been an increase in crime of 35 per
cent in California and that this held Cali-
fornia up to unjustified criticism. The FBI
never did anything like that." '
Hoover said the FBI's figures showed
that the California crime rate had in-
creased 12.9 per cent last year.
Mr. Brown's own figures showed an in-
crease of 12.8 per cent. Unfortunately, Mr.
Brown was misinformed or didn't see the
facts when he made the statement, Hoover
said.T
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Chit-ago and Detroit harl
not." he said. "1 don't think
he knew 9292 hat he was talk-
ing about there either.
I can't vouch for the com-
plete accuracy of the figures
for l92'ew York. Chicago or
Los Angeles. or San Diego
or San I-rant.-isco. I'm de-
pending on the basic integ-
rity of the chiefs of police.
I think it's wrong Yo assume
that the chief of police. or
police commissioner. of New
York has given tts phony
statistics."
Hoover said many persons
In the l.nttcd States have
been lulled into a false sense
of SC 'lllil_92 because of the
drop in Communist Party
membership in the last few
years.
The Communists are
.1 m a I l e r numerically but
practically are stronger."
he said. "Those members
who have strayed from
loyalty to the Kremlin
have been purged from,
membership. leaving a hard
core of fanatic Communists."
He said the Communist
Party is infiltrating labor
unions and racial groups.
Hoover said much of the
work of the FBI in San Die-
go is in the security field.
involving the aircraft plants.
the n a v a l establishments
and Camp Pendleton.
FINGERPRINTS FILED
Last year the I-Bl ob-
tained convictions in 98.6 per
cent of its cases which went
to trial, he said. The de-
Icndants pleaded guilty in
93 per cent of the cases.
This indicates the expert-
ncss with which the cases
were prepared. he said.
I<loo92'er said the l-Bl's fin-
gerprint file. the largest in
the world, contains the fin-
gerprints of T4 million per-
sons. In addition to provid-
ing a check on the identity
of criminals or fugitives
from justice. the file is in-
valuable in identifying vic-
tims of disasters. he said.
The FBI sends a team to
the §ggne of plane crashes
or train wrecks to check!
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tingerprints. Hoover said. In
the recent plane t-rash near
Las Ve,<_';ts. the FBI was able
to identify all of the victims
through fingerprints, he
said.
Hoover said there is no
so-called king" or central
governing body of crime in
the nation.
I»Iowever." he said. the
gangs and syndicates try to
observe each other's pre-
rogatives in territory. They
seldom cross over. When
that happens, you have some
killings."
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The FBI chief said he be-
lieves in holding adults re-
sponsible. criminally and fi-
nancially. for the acts of
their children.
He said he also believes
in publishing the names of
youths who commit serious
crimes.
"Nailing the identity down
has an excellent psycholog-
ical effect and acts as a de-
terrent." he said.
Hoover said he had com-
pleted his annual health x-
amination at. the La Jt la
Medical Clinic. He said he
has lost 30 pounds in h
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torney general 'a'n"d"Democratic candi-
date for governor, knows his political
ropes.. When J. Edgar gygg, director of .
the FBI, accused Mr. Brown of mis-
informing the public on California
crime figures, the attorney general
~ took a common political refuge.
He said he didn't want to get into a
abattle of statistics with Mr. Hoover
{and then quickly switched off to a di-
verting issue-Tijuana. Tijuana came
in for a beating.
If elected governor, 192Ir. Brown said,
he would see that something was done.
He said the border should be closed to
those under 21 to keep them from con-
tact with sordid things which they
are too young to appraise."
fight Tijuana. There aren't any votesK If he can't fight Mr. Hoover, he can
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Jto lose in Tijuana.The point might be raised that as!
governor Mr. Brown would be the .~
chief executive officer of the state. As
attomey general he has been the chief
law enforcement officer. What he
could do as governor that he was pre-
vented from doing as attorney general
for eight years is not too clear.
As a matter of fact Mr. Brown met
with Mexican officials in San Diego
on common border problems, includ-
ing juveniles and narcotics, in May
of 1957. He stated at that time:
We seek to keep the border un-
impaired as a generator of good will
and of economic and cultural ex-
change. There are offenders against
international amity on both sides of
the border and we intend to launch a
coordinated drive on them."
Mr. Brown recognized at that time
the problem of the border does not be-
long in politics. Exploitation of this
issue for political advantage can only1 make the reaching of proper agree-
Nmems between the two countries much
more difficult. Mr. Brown knows that-4.
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FROLOS ANGELESE llTll1I1d G. Pat Brown, who as-
pires to be Californias next Goverii"6'r',"i§'T¬rvently
hoping that the moderate and conservative Demo-
crats of this state have bought a myth. The myth is
that Pat Brown, like them, is a moderate, slightlyright-of-center Democrat. He looks like one. And
before the numerous business and professional
groups which he carefully cultivates, his speeches
make him sound like one. "
Why is Browns moderation a myth? Lets
look at the record. And while we look, let's bear
in mind that with the rapidly worsening situation in
the Far East, California is the most vital and sensi-
tive state in all the West. Mao and Khrushchev are
aware of the great concentration of aircraft, missile,
electronic and chemical plants here, of our oil elds
and reneries, of our great ports and airelds. They
know, tooeven if Pat Brown is unaware of it
that Communist party membership and concentra-
tion in California is the second highest in the
Nation. They know that Harry Bridges and Lou
Goldblatt continue to boss the International Long-
shoremans and Warehousemans Union, and hence
control Pacic Coast shipping. They know there are
powerful forces within the Democratic party of
California who want to abandon Formosa and
Chiang Kai-sheks government to the mercy of the
Reds; withdraw the Seventh Fleet; recognize Red
China; admit her to the United Nations; and in
general appease the USSR no matter what the cost
to us or to the rest of the free world.
Indicative of the advances made by these forces
within the Democratic ranks is the proposal put for-
ward, in this years state Democratic platform, that
California repeal the loyalty oaths still required
of all public employees, of candidates for public
ofce, and for the use of public school property. A
further sign of where California Democrats are go-
ing is the fact that the Young Democrats, in draft-
ing their platform, came out for recognition of Red
China and called for the immediate abolition of the
House Un Am ' A t' 't' C ' dS! By Omvnn CARLSON A, in S -
organizations established in the middle 1930s was
the National Lawyers Guild. The San Francisco
chapter was both large and vocal. Pat Brown, sens-
ing its importance to a young man eager for acclaim
and public office, joined up and remained a good-
standing member until the beginning of World War
II. Of course, the unwarranted attacks of the mighty
USSR against little Finland in the late fall of 1939,
followed by the Hitler-Stalin Pact of June 1940,
made communism and its numerous front organiza-
tions anathema to the American people. It was a
very appropriate time to get out. And Brown did.
THREE YEARS LATER we were in the war, an ally
of Soviet Russia. The Communists and their
fellow travelers, who shortly before had denounced
President Roosevelt as a warmonger, did a quick
about-face when the Nazis invaded Russia. Many
front organizationsincluding the National Lawyers
Guildblossomed forth stronger than ever. Under
the circumstances, an eager-beaver lawyer with
political aspirations would join up. This is exactly
what Pat Brown did. In fact, he became so active
that he was elected its vice president.
By 1946 Stalin had lowered the Iron Curtain over
Eastern Europe. The Cold War was on. Communist
spies and secret agents were uncovered all over the
world, including the United States. The order went
out from Moscow that Communists everywhere
must openly declare their loyalty to the Soviet
Union. American public opinion once more became
alarmed at Communist inltration in schools, mo-
tion pictures, labor unions and professional organ-
izations. From New York to Los Angeles the duped,
t-he timid and the opportunists joined in a mass exo-
dus from Communist-dominated organizations. So,
apparently, did Brown, who claimed to have just dis-
covered that the National Lawyers Guild was domi-
nated by the Reds. And, if Brown denounced the
Communists at that time it must have been sotto
voce for ntinued to get favorable mention inaneé gtiigt o2les World all through 1946.
1945 District Attorney Brown of- erican c ivi ies ommittee an t oSenate Internal Security Subcommitt _ ,One clear voice has stood out above all thersN y1' Q 0 active , Supported a move to gmngWarlllng Of the danger °f *_*-PPQ9-51118 Wmld °° §99 NUV UYitd85States citizenship to Harry Bridges. He
munismthat of Senator William F. Knowland.
But what of Pat Brown? For eight years now he
has been the chief legal officer of the State of Cali-
fornia. Prior to that he was District Attorney for
San Francisco. For the past four years he has been
commonly recognized as the undisputed leader of
the states Democratic party. The following is his
on communism and Communists ho? cu l ' t - .
DATED e most successful Communist-front
rJ§|-Susi! Weekly at 40a Flf Street ss Wtlshlngtqn 3, o. c. 0 Copyright ma by numm zvzms, mc. M,,,,,,_.._, . .
MARKED Hm AND 92""92*LE 5 '7 N 9292! 1 it mi.--i,| >1.denounced moves by the US Immigration_Depart-ment to lpgg-Bridges deported to his native Aus-
"_2._~'_'tf'la ia as a threat to industrial peace. Thanks to
the good work of Pat Brown and his friends,
Harry Bridges is now an American citizen, and
still heads the potent Longshoremans Union.
When, in 1946, Brown ran for the rst time as
Democratic candidate for Attorney General, he_was
formally endorsed by the following organizations,
all of which were Communist-infi_'".T;_jted or domi-nated at that time: Hollywood Indelgirlsiffdent CitizensCommittee of Arts. Sciences .and Professions; Na-
tional. Citizens -Political Action Committe; CIO
Council of California; United Committee for Politi--
cal Action; Conference of Studio Unions.
Always ready to make a speech. he.addressed
many an organization of dubious origin. According
to the People's World for June 17. 1946. he was one
of the speakers at a big Los Angeles rally under theauspices of a commie front. the Mobilization for
Democracy. The Peoples World of November 7,
1945 also listed Brown as a committee member for
the banquet honoring the American Youth for
Democracy, a well-known Communist front.
The heart and center of Communist indoctrination
for all of Northern California was the California
Labor School at San Francisco. Here were trained
the young professional revolutionists for their work
in mass organizations. Here artists, writers and en-
tertainers were taught how to turn their talents to
the use of communism. The documentation which
now exists upon that school would fill volumes. But
when, in November, 1946', the chairman of the Sen-
ate Committee on Un-American Activities in Cali-
fornia called upon District Attorney Brown of San
Francisco to assist in an investigation of the Cali-
jornia Labor School, Brown refused.
I N 1950 PAT BROWN was the only Democrat to beelected to a major state oice. He became At-torney General. He was the legal arm of the state.
During the past eight years, state and congres-sional investigation committees have conducted in-
numerable probes on subversives and subversivemovements in this state. Certainly it was the duty
of the Attorney General and his staff to assist in
this work. But while Brown found it expedient,
from time to time, to sound off against the dangers
of communism in general, he was strangely reluctant
to do anything about it in California. His oice sup-posedly has a special division devoted to checkingon subversive activities here, but I have searched
in vain to nd out what it has done in the past eight
years. It appears to be completely dormant.Such vagaries,it' sliould be noted, are not ancient-history events conned to the past of a decadeor so ago. The most amazing development out of
Pat Browns ofce took place just this yearinApril, 1958when the Attorney General sent out
to the leading Peace Oflicers of California, Sheriffs,Police Chiefs, etc.! an ofcial booklet prepared andprinted by the Justice Department of California.
Division of Criminal Law and Enforcement, en-
titled: Guide to Community Relations for Peace
Officers. In this official document. prepared under the di-
rect guidance of Assistant Attorney General Emmet
Daly. and with the oicial blessing of the Attorney
General himself, is a bibliography of selected books.pamphlets. and audio-visual aids designed to give'thePeace Officers of California a thorough understand-ing o_f the many aspects of minority groups. Theidea is a splendid oneexcept for one thing: That
ARTICLE SECTION I
---Jv,-..._. ..,,___,__ _, _ __..J _ ~~-bibliography is a list-loaded with books"
and pamphlets by Hgdihors well known for their
Communist or pro-Communist affiliations.
.Here for police oicers to study at the recom-
mendation of the Attorney General are works by:
GENE WELTFISH. Social anthropologist. She is probablybest remembered for _her public speeches during the KoreanWar when she insisted that our troops had used germ war-farc, as charged by the Chinese Communists. She took anactive part on a host of Communist-front organizations. Shewas one of the signers of the statement in defense of Ger-hart Eisler, notorious agent of the Communist Internationalin the United States. One of her pamphlets, The Races ofMankind, which the Attorney General recommends, wasbarred from use by the War Department because its de-
clared aim was to create racial antagonism.FRANZ Boas AND RUTH BENEDICT both deceased!. Socialanthropologists. Boas record as an active supporter of Com-munist causes goes back at least to 1931. Ruth Benedict wasa close co-worker with Gene Weltsh. All their writingswhich are recommended are given a pro-Communist slant.MAXWELL S. STEWART. Author and editor. Identied assponsor or active participant in at least 36 Communist-frontorganizations. At one time editor of Soviet Russia Today."DR. E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER. Negro sociologist. The les ofthe House Committee on Un-American Activities contain 18citations of Frazier's connections with Communist causes inthe United States. Hisibook was highly praised in the Com-munist press and literary journals when it rst appeared in
1949.CAREY MCWILLIAMS. Editor and writer. Three of his booksare included in the recommended bibliography. McWilliamsis at present editor of The Nation. In 1929 h_e was'oneof the attorneys for Amtorg," the official Soviet tradingorganization in the United States. He was also a leadingmember of the National Lawyers Guild at the same timePat Brown belonged to it. All three of his books on Brown'srecommended list have been highly praised by the Commu-
nist press.Space does not permit me to cite the many other
well known pro-Communists whose books or pam-phlets are likewise recommended reading for Cali-fornia peace oicers. Had this reading list been
loadedfor examplewith racist literature. you
can be sure there would have been a hue and cry
from Oregon to the Mexican border.How did it happen that Brown and his staff
issued such a slanted list of readings? Was it inten-
tional? Was it due to carelessness? Or was it stu-
pidity? Whatever the reason-and I hope Brown
gives us the answer~the responsibility is his.If. in the face of the record I have cited above,
moderate California Democrats think Pat Brown
is the kind of a man they want for Governor,Heaven help it-hemand us! Of course hes no Com-
munist; hes just an opportunist whose pink slip is
showing.
Oliver Carlson is a well-known writer on political subjects.The author of many books, he has contributed frequently to
such magazines as The Freeman and Reader's Digest.
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the support of 8 Communist organizations, and he spoke
at least twice at rallies of Comunist organizations.
The nerve center of Communism in Northern California was
the California Labor School at San Francisco. DA Brown
was asked by the State Senate to investigate this establishment
and he refused. In the B years that he has served as
Attorney-General, his office had done little or nothing
about subversive_activities in the state. In 1958, the
Attorney General's office put out a pamphlet designed to
help peace officers in their relations with minority groups.
Cited by the Attorney General for additional reading by
peace officers were books by such well-known Reds as
Gene Weltfish, who insisted that our troops had used
germ warfare in the Korean War and whose pamphlet, "The
Races of Mankind" was banned by the War; Maxwell S. Stewart
who was identified with 36 Communist organizations;
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier who has been connected with 18
Comunist causes. was this selction of reading material
made by Attorney-General Brown or was it due to carelessness?
no Comuist; he's just an opportunist whose pink slipIt is up to the voters to decide. Of Course, Brown is
is showing.
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Ziiiren linked
To Gangsiet I
By KnowiagdSAN mancrsco ct. is
AP!. - Senator Knowlandcharges that torney GeneralEdmundi G. rown and his
1i ¬mEchine-type
political organization seek to
impose a package deal on the
historic Democratic Party and
the people ofthis State."
Addressing a Republican ral-
ly at the California Club last
night, the G. O. P. candidate
for Governor sought to link
Democratic National Commit-
teeman Paul Ziffren of Los
Angeles with a dead Chicago
gangster.Senator Knowland charged
Mr. Ziren is the political
architect behind my opponent
for Governor. He cited testi-
mony from the Kefauver Com-9'
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San Bernardino Calif! prop-
erty.
Sees Inltration - V
The Senate Minority Leader
sserted also that Mr. Ziren
as a partner in the law rm
f Jake Arvey of Chicago- theame Arveyswsgo is the machinepolitical bo pf Chicago and a
business affiliate of Alex Louis
reenberg." . .
Senator Knowland said his
investigation revealed the
existence in California of a
shadowland powerful force in-
ltrating our political and
economic life. -
I am speaking, he said,
of what should be termed the
overworld-that place wher
illicitly obtained money i
placed into business and polit
ical life of our communitie_
and where the power to cor>*' 'is achieved through this pg
to nance. _ _
mittee crime report indicating
Mr. Ziren had business deal-'
ings with Alex. Louis Green-
berg, slain in Chicago December8, 1955. i
Denounce Charge
In Los Angeles Mr. Zirentold,the San Francisco Chron-Ii Wash. News
icle by telephone this soimds
to me like another Joe Kamp
pamphlet of absurdities. he
added: . i
Ive never believed in talk-,
ing about dead men and -I
;dont propose to engage the
_Knowland-Kamp campaign on
{such a ghoulish level."i Mr. Ziren said he had- notheard of am Kefauver Com-mittee records involving him.
Senator Kn0wland's speech
gave an involved account of
what he said was the back-
ground on Mr. Zirens rela-
tions with, Mr. Greenberg,
including an alleged partner-
shirgvnimthe can? a
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