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SUBJECT: ED.-.~'£N G. BROWN "
SAC Van Pelt, San Francisco, called and furnished the content ;
of two letters which came to their attention in connection with Brown
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_ _ Y 5u192X1Cy "-The first is a letter addressed to Brovm dated January 10/ ".92 1946, from ' th<§1mericanization92Qom1nittei of the
lrvicron Epsilon Fraternity a e niversity of San Francisco. It points out
that in a newspaper dispatch from New York on_ January 8, the Director publicly
stated that the American Youth for Democracy is the successor of the Young,
1945, at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. The letter goes on to say
that "As veterans who fought to prevent these United States from becoming aCommunist League and that it is noted Brown has been listed as a sponsor for
a banquet honoring th'e."-American Youth for Democracy held on Saturday, November 10,
Godless totalitarian state, we cannot believe that you as an American citizen
knowingly gave your consent to the aid and support of the American Youth for
Democracy. Our membership comprising over 70 per cent of the student body at
Youth for Democracy."this university would like a written expression of your stand on the American
On February l, 1946, Brown replied to_ thanking him for hisZ letter and stating:
"I have refused at all times to become a sponsor of any organiza-
tion or any meeting until I have first investigated its background.
I knew that the-Young Communist League or some similar organization
had participated in the formation of the American Youth for Democracy.
I, therefore, called the young lady who asked me to become a sponsor »
for the dinner, not the organization, and asked her if there was any
truth in the assertion that the American Youth for Democracy was
Communistie in either origin or intent. She advised me that it was
not in any manner, shape or form Communistic, although some members
of the Young Communist League had at one time belonged. She told me
that they were affiliated with many church groups. I also advised her
that the organization encouraged young people to participate in
Government and that it fought racial intolerance and religious bigotry
"I would consider it a pleasure to discuss with you at length
organizations such as this. You have fought and died for a terrific
cause but the real fight has now begun. Merely being against some
organization is not sufficient. Active participation to hold the things
-you won must never cease." _ ,_
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I have your letter of February 20,1946, together with the enclosure; adutetng
me-regarding your contemplated visit toFbehtngton. While I do not expect to be in
the city ct that time I would be glad tohave you call at our headquarters where ar-
rangement: have been. nude for you to see one
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I called the Secretary of Congressman Havenner. on"
March 13 relative to her previous call to the Director's
Of "' e seeking an appointment "or District Attorney Edmund -;_§J_%'own,of §.San Francisco withd the Director. I told the I
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IHANDLE BROWN WITH CAUTION BECAUSE IT APPEARS HE IS MORE INTERESTED
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" I thought you would like to know that the above-captioned individual,who is the local prosecutin%i_8ttomey in San Francisco, has indicated anintention of calling at your office ~.'.'ithin the next week or ten days withthe alleged purpose of conferring with you re_-garding the
C858.According to the information in the possession of this Bureau, _was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department in December, 19145, onsuspicion of forgery. In addition, he was later charged as a fugitive fromjustice as a result of a murder charge against him in Dallas Texas. He wasindicted by a San Francisco County Grand Jury on January 18, 191.16, for forgeryand grand larceny. His trial on these charges is still pending. _ iSsusoected of being responsible for seven or eight deaths since 1931 and isparticularly suspected of, the poison deaths of elderly women _he had marriedsince his diSCh.';ZI_"_8 from Folsom frison, California, on February 7, 191;}, after .servins: a nine-year term for grand larceny and administering stupefying drugs.It is indicated that i2ao' the bodies oi these women cremated in Jackson-ville, Florida; Dallas, Texas; and Portland, Oregon, 1ollowingv_ which heconsidered himself heir to their estates. The San Francisco Police Departmentbelieves that pretended that his various wives were alive after he hadcaused their deaths throuqh the slow administration of poison and when deathcertificates were szmsequently issued, he would report their identities underthe names of previous wives. The San Francisco Police Department is also holdingfour warrants for Florida authorities a='_ainst-
ZIn January, l9L|6, Prosecutorin San Francisco, contacted the Bureau or possible Laboratory assistance inconnection with this case. At that time,rv.'as traveling to the variouscities wnere _was alleged to have had his deceased wives cremated.
Eith regard to Edmund Gerald Brown, information has been receivedby this Bureau that he was elected District Attorney in San Francisco Countyin the Fall of l9h3 and that during his campaign, he was actively supportedby certain Communist elements. we have been confidentially advised that he isnow Vice President of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild,the Executive Board of which includes seven members who are alleged to beaffiliated with the Communist Party. It has also been alleged that Brown =is more interested in obtaining personal publicity than in serving the ends»
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I interviewed yr. Brown on March 27th b e from yourqfice. He stated that he had just talked toDe artnent with reference to the murder case invoh He stated he thought he night have interestedJust ce in this case in that he thought he might have a nail raud violatifor the Post Qfice Department by reason of the fact that had througthe mail collected insurance on several of his alleged victims. -Hestated_that it-did not appear there was any violation in which the FBIcould assist him inasmuch as none of the facts indicated a.Federal » .violation over which this Bureau had jurisdiction, and I agreed withUh. _ "/3
He thep discussed the uniform crime reports which he receivesfrom the Bureau and states that these reports show San Francisco to beone qf the most crine-ridden cities in the country. He wanted to knowif the FBI could make a survey of San Francisco to determine the cause
the FBI and that, therefore, no assistance could be given to him bythe Bureau. He then stated he would try to have the State Departmentsuch a survey of his city. ' _of this. I advised him that this would be without the Jurisdiction qf
qf Justice make~i Be made no mention of police training -- he did express, however,a desire to see some of the facilities of the Bureau in order that hemight know more about the FBI and accordingly I arranged with ur. Nichol:for a brief tour for Kr. and Hrs. Bnwn. Special Agent _conducted this tour which began at about 4:15 P. I;
I don't know the purpose of Brown's call inasmuch as it appearedto be solely a social visit, although he probably will capitalizepolitically in any subsequent campaign which he night wage for theoffice of Attorney General for the state of dalifornia on the fact hehas conferred with the FBI on "crime problems . '
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A review of the Communist Party indices in this office reflects the
following information on the above. » -
A confidential ,inforrr.ant, on April 9, l9i+3, reported that t <1 r the law firm of _ _ Communis an member oCommunist Party attorneys! had drawn up a list of lawyers who have expressed
liberal ooinions at some time, each to be called or written a ldater by the _
Lawyers Guild getting their sup-port in opposition to the legislation theLawyers Guild is opposing. The name of EDIIUND BI-102'.-N was on that list.
a$ Well aS"3°muniS*» and other
member of the above law firm!, actively campaigned for BRO?-26 in his candi-
dacy for San Francisco County Jistrict Attorney in the Fall Elections of
l9h3. EP.O':'.N, during the campaign, frequently met and consulted with
ard one time stated that BRO"l was a former; ta '15-.classmate of his in law school and that he, was instrumental .
endorse BRO.-'EI's candidacy. n wovember 3, l9l+3, afterthe elect ' eoorted thatand ion, again r , .in discussing the results of the election indi ated that theywere elated over BRO'.'.N's election andthat put him over further advise na a er ec on,
a " ll for all our BRO?! cont cted and said, Thanks a I111 ion y
fine work If it hadn't been for those extra 7,500
to 8,000 never have made it."
Confidential Informant _on November 9, l9h3, -reported that an
individual believed to be , then an official of the San FranciscoChapter of the Lawyers Guild, requested to work on a sub-
committee of the guild which was to work out a program for the DistrictAttorney's Office in connection with the war activities, and which was working
undoubtedly toward ~etting 1.Z!!-.1_UI92TD BRO?/N, the District-Attorney, into theLawyers Guild. at that time suggested that his partne1~,_ would be a better man to work on such a committee because he was
close to BRO-.*:l92i and had been instrumental in getting a bloc of votes for
BRC.!N in the election.
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92o1,Cc-nfidential Iriornxant _ on December i0, l9h3, re;-">0'Il>ed tha-t_contacteu' 5.='>?"1.*2n '2: and advised him that the Lawyers
Guild was planning to }§:ive luncheon for him, whereupon they discussed the
Lawyers C-uild and E£:1'?'1.?~ stated that "in my heart agree udth you people but
I Sometimes differ with your methods."
3-gain on December 20, 19113, according to the above source, _
notified BRO-.':-E that the Guild was arranging; a luncheon at the Sir Francis
Drake Hotel, to be in the nature of a welcome dinner for At that., .time B20113 and _discussed the changes to be made in the District
Attorney's Office. " '
Confidential Informant on August ll, l9l+/L, reported that
was a personal friend of -iistrict Attorney i.DTU?!Z! 3?2Q',-'1-I as
they used to be fellow Democrats. is a known Communist and
was active in the affairs of the Jommunist-dominated talifornia Labor
5chool!.
Confidential Informant in September of 191th, reported that
the California Labor Qchool was endeavoring to get to contribute
money to the school. _, at that time _ of the
school, contacted and he declined to contribute because of his
current expenses, whereupon-asked whether she could say that
he, BRC-.3, approved and endorsed the school. 1:-307.?! said this would be
O. .
In December of l9l¢J¢, several individuals in San Francisco were
charging; the California Labor ichool with being a Communist Party front,
whereupon, according to Confidential Informant Corr-munist!, contacted district Attorne ERG???reeardimz an answer to these . i d _ _ c arges 1 CDId_P to after
his contact with BR=3 2'I, 3PO'..'?! stated, "Anybody in town could be referred
to him and he would give me and the school a complete bill of sale."
The San Francisco _ division is in possession of a letterhead
entitled, "Salute to Young America Conu.1ittee, which was a committee,
according to the letterhead, to sponsor the American Youth for L!emocracy's
Second P-nniversary Dinner in San Francisco. This letterhead lists .'-I.D?.- END
G. BT~'.O'-IT-Y as a member of the Committee in formation. Piccording to ConfidentialInformant who furnished t.:is letterhead, was being considered
by the Communist Party as a speaker for this comrrittee.
Confidential Informant _ in January of 1915, furnished a
list of names prepared at State Communist rarty headquarters. This list
was captioned, "ames for People's '-iorld Advisory Cor~:mittee."' 1?RC*.lI's
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a rszeznber of such committee.
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SUBJECT:
The following information was obtained from 1
the San Francisco Police De artment andwas given to the writer in strict confidence. theexperience of the Police Department with BROWN is that he is playingeverything for its publicity value. In support of this he said a recentI case they had which gained some prominence was broken by BROWN during the time the police were conducting a very extensive investigation. Hestated this caused the Police Department a great deal of embarrassment
in view of the fact they were still looking for three of the fugitivesin the case, and the publicity has not helped the department at all.He stated that the investigation was conducted by the Police Department,but that the publicity made it look like it was a case handled through
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in regard to we icasethe San Francisco files are very voluminous and indicated that he has
committed four or five murders and has had the bodies of each of his
wives cremated and has buried them under the names of wives previouslykilled by him. _there is no indication that any of thesemurders have ever taken place in San Francisco or the bodies were disposedof here, and that one of these things should be present in order toD! O 92enter in on the case in San Francisco. He also stated that BROWNspeaks of psychological murder, but the law in California does not' seem to support hizn. his departmenthad a good forgery case against and that he is being held on thisforgery charge. a number of people have felt that
BROWN was a convert to the Catholic religion, but that he believesthe truth of the matter is that he was a non-working Catholic and thathe has recently been very active in the Catholic_Church because he feltit would help him politically. He said that his father-inl_gw, Captain
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for Attorne General will defeat him in the coming election.s name be kept very confidential, as it wouldruin him in 1S present job if it were to come out that he had madeany statement about BROWN. A further review of the files in this office
indicates a reference to BROWN in 100-17879-1222-33, Comrap file, thata clipping from the San Francisco "Chronicle" of January 9, 19111;, page 5,concerning a speech made by BROWN was found in the possession of
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San Francisco file 61-363, the National Lawyers Guild, reflectsthat among the newly elected officers the name of EDMUND G. BROWN is
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PROM = L SA ls?!»TO :
$UBJE¢T= E131.-EU?»-.D GE1-EALD BRO--RAJ, aka
Pat Brown -A
LiISCEi-LLANEOUS INFOFG.-iATI ;H CONCERNING
The following information was obtained by the writer pursuant to yourrequest. ' ' ' '
The current Martindale Hubbell Law Directory discloses-that wasborn l9O_5, graduate from the San Francisco Law School not to be confused withthe University of San Francisco School of Law! in 1925. ,
The fOllOW'i.ng information was furnished to the writer. by _a close personal friend of the writer and it is therefor requested that
served as-
and at the presenttime is San Francisco, Counsel Afm the California State ederation of is also retained bythis organization concerning some matters. y ».1_.'..- ' a
. BROWN became active in politics in the CINCINT-IATUS, a group of youngmen who came to the front in Francisco several years ago and- were particu-larly active about l938. BRO.=I-E is reportedly very friendly withof the American Communist Association and a leader in the CIO, whose communistaffiliations are on record this office. He is also reportedly quite friendly
0 iSwith LOW-ll 6, IYIU, a member of the Communist
formant's understanding that B;'iOT.'1N was personally1 to be candidate for the position whichrun for governor of the State. He is also reported to-beBENJA2"-11111 DREYFUS, member of the Communist Party and the on theNATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD Chapter at San Francisco. In this connection, it is notedthat BRL-PJN recently aligned himself wi th other known communist members of theLAWYERS GUILD in San Francisco, to have the GUILD retract its condemnation ofa few months back of the speech made at San Francisco by GERALD L. K. SMITH.Several of the communist sympathizers in the local chapter of the LAWYERS GUILDhave opposed this repudiation of the GUILD's earlier stand claiming that SMITHwasa Fascist, whose views must be suppressed. It isalso wort of note, here, _that information has been received from other sources; namely,& that b Z-and DREYFUS are close friends. -is also extremely active in the ' /affairs of the NATIONAL LA='IYEP.S GUILD, - . . v - b
BROWN was a delegate to the democratic convention in Chicago in 191.1; 'and prior to the convention was opposed to the ca.ndidacy'of_}{ENRI A. WALLACEfor vice-presidency. However, he changed his mind and then reportedly refusedto abandon .';'ALLACE, when the others did not, when pressure was-put upon him.friendly with
BRO1'a'N is a convert to the Roman Catholic faith and is a constantpracticing catholic, who is reportedly active in the study clubs of his localparish. He is a member of the ST. '1'!-IOEAS MOORE society of San Francisco, agroup of lawyers, principally catholic, who espouse the principles of a SAINT----; 2; J .' ~ ' .-7 _. .'{.§.:_.,,.;.,_.... J N; , :7 6 _;_< ..~__.. -if ,
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CHANCELLOR. Prior to being elected District Attorney at San Francisco, BROFIII "-engaged in a fairly successful practice, a good deal of which was personal in-
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,11ARRISON, lll suttgr §t oan rran co. It is requested tha.t identitybe kept absolutely confidential because of writer's friend. A The following info ' obtained by the =~:rité_}1;.~920"[&| /a close personal friend, the legal firm o ' an &'
BRO'FFN apparently beset with political ambitionsand BRO?¬N has received a start with CINCINNATUS, political organization which
was founded about 1928. A
He is reportedly a political friend of local democratic who is also the democratic committee and is a ~I ~ - political friend of Subject is said to be a goodpractical catholic and an extremely sincere person who is not too bright, avery pleasing personality, but little political "savvy". A rumor is currentin Sm Francisco that B1-{OWN once represented the H!OKIES, against whom he hasdirected, more or less, a campaign in recent months to suppress their activi-ties. Informant carefully pointed out, however, that this is a rumor, the
basis of which he does not know. - _
ERO;"!N's wife is the daughter of former police Captain ARTHUR D. LANE,who was known in the police department as a "straight guy" informant's fatherwas a police lieutenant in San Francisco for many years!. LANE was ,____1 ;emovedf? {%os¬,as7&pta5~_6§ ¬h.ecetral district becguse of his raid"on houses/',92_O_§__p}O§ A 'ut:'fon and g%.mbl'iIng'3o ints 31%0
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It should be noted that V»-has been quite active in d o '0 ' s in the lower scale for several 'ears. Sub'ect and sub'ec J J Jwho is also a practicing attorney in San Francisco, became extremelyinterested in a CINCINNATUS organization in Francisco politics i.n its be-ginning, which was reportedly founded about 18 years ago. BROWN is reputedly,not too capable an attorney but sincere and unquestionably has high political
ambitions.-advised that the Veteran's Group at the University of San Fran- ~cisco, had recently sent out a letter to various sponsors of a dinner givenby the AYD at the Colonial Room of the St. Francis Hotel, several months ago,asking them the basis of their support of this dinner, in view of the Director'sdenunciations of a few months ago, of the AYD, in which he pointed out its _connection with the YCL. Informant has maintained a file of the responses re-
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Honorable Edmun G. Brown
District Attorney
San Francisco ll, California
My dear Mr. Brown:
I received your letter of May 19,
l949. In response to your request it is a
pleasure to adjust our records so that future
issues of the Uniform Crime Reports will be-
forwarded to you. I am enclosing copies of
the two reports for 1948 at this time.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY ,
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-- Honorable J, Edgar Hoover
Director, Federal Bureau
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Dear Mr. Hoover:
During the year 1948 and up to the present
* time, we have not received a copy of the crime
reports of the F.B.I.
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added to the mailing list to receive these reports
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months, California has experieced a
murders. Some of these have been
owing out of domestic difficulties;
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szatiszies, I note that in some cities
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Attorney General
State of California
630 State Building
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G dear Ur. Attorney General- ? 63"-$7;i<$%Jé2;21 at 0 A» :1 _j_i%"} ¥;_;
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I ave receive your e er f ,r 2,
1951, and read with considerable interest the
observations you set forth.
Te have, of course, noted differences in
crime statistics furnished to us by law enforcementagencies throughout the notion. I wish to advise,however, that we have not conducted any study along
the lines suggested in yonr communication. As you
will note on pa;e §F o; the annual bulletin /or 1950,
Uniform Trime Eegorts, s copy of which you have
received, it is pointed out that caution should be
ezercisea in comparing crime data for individual
cities because the di;jerences in the figures may
be aue to a variety of factors. A list of some "
the factors which affect crime is. set forth on
same page.
I regret that I cannot be of farther
assistance in this instance. ,
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January 5, 1951
PERSONAL AND Eoyjiggffilt - AIR MAIL
Director, FBI '
Re: HAROLD G. ROBINSON
» Former Special Agent
Dear Sir:
Forwarded herewith are two newspaper clippings from.the "SanFrancisco Chronicle" and the "San Francisco News" dated January 3, 1951 concerning the intended appointment of fonner SA ROBINSON to the position ofChief Investigator for the Office of the Attorney General of the State ofCalifornia, when Attorney General - elect EDMUND G. PAT! BROWN, until re-cently District Attorney of the City and County of SanTFran6i§E6} takes "office later this month. '
By way of background, the Bureau is aware that up to six months~ago, ROBINSON had served as investigator, and subsequently as Chief Investigator, of the California Commission on Organized Crime. That Commission wedsbanded on June 30, 1950. Shortly thereafter, ROBINSON was appointed asChief Investigator for the U. S. Senate Special Rackets Investigating Com-mittee headed by Senator ESTES KEFAUVER, Democrat from Tennessee. The Bureis undoubtedly aware of the activities of that comittee, which to some ex-tent has been blamed for the loss of several Democrat held seats in both thHouse and Senate during the last election, because of exposes of certaingraft and corruption existing in a number of cities throughout the UnitedStates, which was in some instances controlled by the political party in
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O While having, unch withHn:_F;If8-cisco Pol 7. '* ice,CommissionEhnd a Special Service Contact of this office, lastweek, he advised me that Attorney General-elect BROWN, who was the onlyin the state of California to win a major office in the State durielection has indicated a desire to take leadership of the DemocrqgCalifornia, and in pursuing this desire, recently went to Washingg
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Re: HAROLD G. ROBINSON, Former Special Agent
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the Democratic Party. .
As indicated in the enclosed clippings, BROWN has indicated that
he has already committed himself to ROBINSON, and is going through with hi:
appointment. It is apparent that BROWN is attempting to set up a non-partf
san Attorney General's Office. During the past election BROWN refused to_
the forces of HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS for Senator and JAMES ROOSEVELT for Go
ernor on the Democratic ticket as a package deal, feeling that his own ex-
perience and popularity throughout the State as District Attorney of the Ci
and County of San Francisco for the past several years and his leadership 2
President of the California State District Attorneys Association would be
sufficient to assure his election. As it turned out, his prophecy was cor:
inasmuch as DOUGLAS and ROOSEVELT were both soundly defeated by their Reput
lican opponents. BROWN's designation of ROBINSON, who was appointed by Go92
ernor WARREN as Chief Investigator of the California Comission on Organize
Crime, as well as of Assistant Attorney General ARTHUR H. SHERRY, former
Assistant Counsel of the State Crime Commission and a close personal friend
and supporter of Governor WARREN, and Assistant Attorney General BURT LEAVE
an active Republican Party worker, to his staff would tend to indicate that
he is endeavoring to build up a political machine similar to that of Goverr
WARREN.
BROWN has announced to close friends, according to _ thatshould Governor WARREN run for President in 1952, he will fun for Governor
himself in l95h, probably against Lieutenant Governor GOODWIN KNIGHT, Re-
publican, who is considered somewhat weak.
The above information is being forwarded as of possible interest
to the Bureau.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Harry M. Kimball
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You will recall that in the Escondido, California, Daily Times iivocate of July ?8, l954,1Attorney $eneral Edmund ?. Brownaf California was quoted as stating that tie Jalifornia crime _statistics are far wore accurate than those of the FBI. Apparently,he based his observations on the , ct that the Sareau of CriminalStatistics in California, under ti? jurisdiction of the Attorney.;eneral's Ofice, has fvl1time rearesentatives whose primary dutyis to call upon local acencies tnat92promote accuracy in the reportsprepared. The ittorney leneral wasgquoted as additionally stating"I doubt that the F91, with its many other responsibilities, canoive equal attention to prompting uniformity. The Qurean, of coarserealizes twat -?rown's mast be primarily based on
the fact that he was being severely criticized by California news-papers relative to the crime reporting program in the State ofJalifornia. Tie lnreaa, however, Peels that ?rown's statements stonlnot co unchallenged. You should call upon Attorney Eeneral Brown,explain to him that his s ements_nave@ome to tie 3ureaa' °attention are-1' tnqr; ~ , t-.. K ; .¢.-_.---;-¢ _ av» :92 "-' _92t , 92 j.
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On my memorandum of August l8, 1954, concerning the t lstatements of Atorney Ga1era'.lB.rown of the State of California that the California. ' .Q criminal statistics are far more accurate than those of the FBI, the Director H IH _,i1;;1a¢.-ma that he would like to see the letters prepared on August 19, 1954, to the ' _
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You will recall that c California neuwpaper dated July 25%195%, quoted the captioned State Attorney General as stating thatCalifornia criminal statistics are far more accurate than thoseof the FBI. The Director noted on my memorandum dated August l0,1954, as follows: "I think we should stop printing gll Californiatcrime statistics since AG of California states FBI statistics arenot accurate and let it be known why we are doing it.". . ...-.._l . _ _ _ _ ____d__,____,__,;;.: n__~
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I am in complete azcord with the Director's concern relativeto the unwarranted statements on the part of Attorney General Broun.f IUndoubtedly, Brown, of his oun initiative, was doing quite a bit obragging in order to add luster to his oum position, and to defendhimseli a ainst recent newsoater criticism oi the State Bureau 0 J g .4. - J . JCriminal Statistics annual reports. As you recall this same neuspaparticle ¢r$¢icizizg the Attorney General's report commended in veryclawing terms the FBI Uniform Crime Heports bulletin by way of comparz
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Although the Director's suogestion is most logical and backedup by flagrant abuse of the truth on the part of Attorney GeneralBroun, I respectfully would like for the following points to beconsidered before we eliminate the printing of California crime
statistics:
! The FBI for many years has been engaged in the reportingQf crime statistics at the specific request of the InternationalAssociation of Chiefs of Police IACP!. This organization is heartilin accord with the way we have been carrying on this program and hascommended us on numerous occasions regarding the program. It is felt./92y
that severing relations with California authorities, insofar as the
P aifcrime statistical program is concerned, would be a violation of trustimposed in us by the IACP. The same fact holds true with referenceto police qficers in the State of California. These men have never,igto our knowledge, criticized our crime statistical reporting program and to cut them off as a result of a statement made by a politician
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with California Police with respect tocrime reporting would do much to disrupt the compilation of statisticson a nationwide basis. Our estimates would largely be ineffectiveand vulnerable to any attack by professional statisticians such asthe American Statistical Association. If we withheld the printing of! To sever relations
-the California statistics, the contribution of reports by the localauthorities there, being meaningless, would unquestionably soon dropqf to nothing and the withdraual of such a large and importantsegment of the crime reporting program would be extremely detrimentalto the over-all program. The "crime clock for example, which_presentsthe number of crimes per hour,_per day, et cetera, has been used veryeffectively and has been received very well by the public, would beso defective as to raise serious question as to whether we could
,continue its compilation.
! As you know, the current Chief of fblice of Los Angeles,William Parker, is somewhat unfriendly towards the FBI. He would un-doubtedly seize any opportunity to "blow up" anything severing ourrelations between the FBI and California State authorities from acrime reporting standpoint. Parker would capitalize on such publicityby making it entirely unfavorable to the FBI. I do not feel he should
be given this opportunity.
! The Bureau's long-established policy in withholding thepublication of any figures in the Uniform Crime Reports bulletin hasbeen that the withholding be on the basis of incompleteness definitelyestablished and only after the reporting agencies were warned substan-tially in advance and given a reasonable time for improvement. ThelACPs Committee on Uniform Crime Records generally understands this.It may be that to do otherwise at this point would be unfair and bring
about adverse criticism.! It is respectfully pointed out that if we withheld printingof California's crime figures, we would have to redo all the tabula-tions which have just been completed and are included in the materialfor the current issue of the Uniform Crime Reports bulletin presentlybeing reviewed for approval. The bulletin is almost ready to go tothe Government Printing Qfice and such a withholding of printing ofthe California figures would not only seriously detract from thequality of the published data but also substantially delay the printirof the bulletin. Lt.» . .4 at <=92~ -- -"-~< .-1-'1
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Dear Mr. Wike: "92
I wish to bring t your attention and through you to the
attention of other official 0 the Intern ional Association of Chiefs
of Police the recent _ ' ~":* *-*=-"J="-~-- *4-1 ; ' the FBI crime report-
ing program on the part of Att ney General Edmund G. Brown of the
State of California. In the Esco dido, California, Daily Times Advocate
of-July Z8, I954, Attorney Genera Brown of California was quoted asstating "California crime statistics are far more accurate than those
of the FBI. " He was additionally quted as saying "I doubt that the
FBI with its many other responsibilitis can give equal attention topromoting uniformity." With respect v the latter statement, he was
referring specifically to the coordinatio ~ of criminal statistics on the
part of the FBI.
I thought you would like to know tat this was our first know-
ledge that the Attorney General of the State r California felt there wereany deficiencies in the crime reporting progr m of the FBI and theInternational Association of Chiefs of Police W1 hin the State of California
The Attorney General's office there has never cntacted us to point outany specific area wherein the crime reports publ shed by the FBI for the
State of California fell short of the accuracy achie ed by the State Bureauof Criminal Statistics at Sacramento, California. ' " or the purpose of
promoting the best interest of law enforcement relat ns, it is felt thatAttorney General Brown should have at least given the FBI and theInternational Association of Chiefs of Police the courtesy of advising of
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any such inaccurate reporting, if he had proof, prior to the issuance of
a press release bringing out such matters.
I have instructed a representative of this Bureau to call upon
1 ' o de t' i e him o ortunity to produce Attorney Genera Brown 1n '0 , . _p _' ' " =y-be-adviseda bill of particulars no 7thapin ~v'i"ewo-fthe ' state"r'fié ts*aTtribi;%edte-hi1n,-tlr¬F'Bi-is giving~-sci-ious~
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above information. 9292._
A copy of this letter is being forwarded to Mr. Bruce Smith,
Director, Institute of Public Administration, 684 Park Avenue, New York 21,
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You will recall that in the Escondido, California, Daily I
Times Advocate of July 28, l954, Attorney General Edmund G. Brownof California was quoted as stating that the California crime
statistics are far more accqrate than those of the FBI. Apparently,
he based his observations om_the fact that the Bureau of Criminal
Statistics in California, un er the jurisdiction of the Attorney
General's Office, has fu11=t e representatives whose primary duty
is to call upon local agencie that promote accuracy in the reportsprepared. The Attorney Gener 1 was quoted as additionally stating
"I doubt that the FBI, with i many other responsibilities, cangive equal attention to promot ng unifofmity." The Bureau, of coursirealizes that Brown's unwarran ed attafk must be primarily based onthe fact thag he'%as being seve ely c iticized by California news-papers relat ve to the crime re orti g program in the State ofCalifornia. The Qureau, howeve f els that Brown's statements shou;not go unchallenged. You should c l upon Attorney General Brown,explain to him that his statemen have come to the Bureau's
attention and that he is being gi en an opportunity to present a bilj
of particulars.
You should point out to the ttorney General that in view of
the statement attributed to h app aring in the press, the FBI is
giving serious thought to di contin ing the publishing of crime .
statistics for the State of aliforn a in the Uniform Crime Reports
bulletin and that while we re not d irous of airing controversiesit will be, of course, nec ssary to ke it clear to anyone interest
that the action is taken n view of th statement made by the Attorn
General. F1.,/
You should not velop any argum nt with Attorney General Bro
relative to the accura y of the figures It should be pointed out
on the other hand, th t the FBI has han ed the crime reportingprogram ever since its inception in 1930 at the request of the IAqfand that the progranlis still handled in ooperation with that j
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organization. It should be understood by the Attorney General, of
course, that we feel it only fitting and proper that his attitude
be made known to members of the International Association of Chiefsof Police at the 1954 Convention in New Orleans on September 26th,next. _
Following your contact with the State Attorney General, you
should immediately advise the Bureau of the results of your
discussion along the above lines.
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Dear Mr. Wike:
I wish to bring to your attention and through you tothe attention of other officials of the International Association ofChiefs of Police the recent criticism of the FBI crime reportingprogram on the part of Attorney General Edmund G. Brown of theState of California. In the Escondido, California, Daily TimesAdvocate of July Z8, l954. Attorney General Brown of Califoi-ni_awas quoted as stating "California crime statistics are far rnori,accurate than those of the FBI. He was additionally quoted as;saying "1 doubt that the FBI with its many other re sponsibilitiefs "11can give equal attention to promoting uniformity." With respe;:@to the latter statement, he was referring specifically to the coopdination of criminal statistics on the part of the FBI. §~-
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Brown should have at least given the FBI and the International Q
Association of Chiefs of Police the courtesy of advising of any suchinaccurate reporting, if he had proof, prior to the issuance of a
press release bringing out such matters.interest of law enforcement relations, it is felt that Attorney Gene
I have instructed a representative of this Bureau to
call upon Attorney General Brown in order to give him an opportunityto produce a bill of particulars to support his criticism. We will,of course, advise you of the results of such contact; however, I did
want to let you know of the above information. .
A copy of this letter is being forwarded to Mr. Bruce
Smith, Director, Institute of Public Administration, 684 Park Avenue,
New York Z1, New York.
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In the .*.-sc::::e-;i'ido Da ily Times Advocate of July 25, 1954, §i':°¢-e1-_ Attorney General Brown of Cal 2];-ornia is quoted as stating that the' California crime statistics are far more accurate than those of theI FE-I. Apparently, he bases his observation on the fact that the Bureau/
of Criminal S¢atist_ics in California under the Attorney General 's offzcehas full-time representatives whose primary duty is to call upon localagencies to promote accuracy in the reports prepared and he doubtsthat the FBI with its many other responsibilities can give equal
attention to promoting uniformity. J- H
; It is obviousi'that a State agency with full-time field men can 3'5 promote greater accuracy. E/hether the additional accuracy thus attained is worth the expense is open to considerable question. At the Bureauwe apply every available check to reports received. Much uniformity ispromoted with the use of an extensive correspondence program. Reports ,_that apparently are not correctly prepared are not used in our summaryU tabulations. Furthermore, we state frankly in each issue of the Uniforgj; Crime ."-Zepoyrts bulletin that the FBI does not vouch for the accuracy Q 4"
_g Ii] of the data sent in by individual police agencies.
The Gal ifornia Sta-te Bureau field men in justification of th -I salary pa id them undoubtedly find some adjustments to reports previo lysubmitted. That can always be done. Since California crime reporti M '
_. is generally of a high quality, I doubt very seriously if the findin -Y§;_justify the Attorney General 's deductions that the data collected byahis department is "far more accurate than that of the FBI. EV.
Over a period of years we have exchanged correspondence with, h__e_professional staff of the Bureau of Criminal Statistics in the State pfCalifornia. Ronald H. Beattie is Chief and has always been friendly; "At one time he uas in charge of the Administrative Office of the U.S. 4District Courts in I§'ashingto_n, D. C. and in that capacity made availableto us all of"their records pertaining to convictions reported by U..S'.Attorneys which we were able to chec_l;__individually against our _rec rds.-5,:L. ,!.{l,i;-_ !-§.f.= _ 7 _ 3; _/ zThe Attorney General in Cal ifornia i " apparently doing a littlevfbragging and I suggest that nothing may be gained by taking issu ~§thhim on this subject. ""7" tr"-~,., IXBF , I? K: AEL:fhj " ' »~' =:.~ >;P 14; .'I'92 i >,»¢,< y l I 92#l _ I l , 1 ~ .v ._, ,____ zgvfvg N. Y I I V - . ,4 if" a 92 5 * " 4- - 1- ~ , M:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL EDMUND <2. BROWN
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You will recall that in the Escondido, California, Daily TimesAdvocate of July Z8, 1954, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown of California wasquoted as stating that the California crime statistics are far more accurate thanthose of the FBI. Apparently, he based his observations on the fact that theBureau of Criminal Statistics in California, under the jurisdiction of the AttorneyGeneral's Office, has full-time representatives whose primary duty is to call upon
local agencies that promote accuracy in the reports prepared. The AttorneyGeneral was quoted as additionally stating "l doubt that the FBI, with its manyother responsibilities, can give equal attention to promoting uniformity." TheBureau, of course, realises that Brown's criticism must be primarily based on
the fact that he was being severely criticized by California newspapers relativeto the crime reporting program in the State of California. The Bureau, however,' feels that Brown's statements should not go unchallenged. You should call uponAttorney General Brown, explain to him that his statements have come to theBureau's attention and that we welcome any specifics which he may have tolsupport
his statement. '
You should not develop any argument with Attorney General Brownrelative to the accuracy of the figures. It should be pointed out on the otherhand, that the FBI has handled the crime reporting program ever since its in-ception in 1930 at the request of the LACP and that the program is still handled in "
cooperation with that organisation.
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Dear Director Hoover: /'
T rreatly annreciate your ccurtesy,in advising as
I of the recent criticism of the FBI crime reporting prcgram
on the cart of Attorney General Edmund C. Brown of the State
of California. ; 7 , ¢-llij,
Because of the coonerative efforts of the Internation-
;1 Association of Chiefs of Police with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in inaugurating the system of Uniform CrimeReporting, the 15C? maintains a continuing interest in the value
effectiveness of the system. To my knowledge, no reports
or comnlaints of inaccuracies in the Unifcrm Crime Reporting
svstem have ever before reached this office.
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discuss it with the Executive Committee at our forthcoming* conference at New Qrleans. we will be in anticipation of your L .In advice on the results of the contact of the Bureau representative92
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California Attorney General
_ On September N, while at Los Angeles, I was intr<{Chief PARKER of the Los Angeles Police Department, aftermade a heated talk before the convention of the CalifornjOfficers in opposition to a talk which had been presented
convention by the Attorney General of California, EDMUND
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BROWN had told the convention that on the basis cdecision in the Irvin Case decided by Chief Justice WARREwas issuing an opinion to the District Attorney of Los Anthat it was illegal for police officers to install microntrespass and that criminal action against such ffi o cers wto be determined or resolved by the District AttorneysPARKER ' 'maintains such is not the law in California and this a test case pending in which PARKER is a party in intePARKER was most critical of BROWN for having released thinow since it can be used at least as an argument against
in the pending case.
p _v During the course of the conversation that I had 1@%R§ER he advised that EDMUND BROWN, the California A 1General, had on one occasion advised him that if is nominated and elected to the Presidency, that BROWN ex;
be appointed Attorney General. PARKER did not indicate wtthe occasion of BROWN making this statement to him. It wcits face, at least, indicate that BROWN would be ambitiou=
Attorney General of the United States in the event the Denelect a president.
. Chief PARKER further stated that he had persuadedlegisI¬§¬r;t9 introduce a bill into the State Legislatureorni 1 4Ii2ing the use of wire tapping under the same prapp1""g§!@§Qbb1y&a'gis used in the" State of New York. PARKERth h d ccasion to discuss this proposed legislationAt aQ8$§[l. §DIvIUND G. BROWN and that BROWN advised th
was unalterably opposed to any such legislature since it w1; $1-<§1sv:uon:»er.m»1vil rights-
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At your instructions I called upon Attorney General BROWNon September lh and explained to him that his letter to the Editor ~-of the Escondido DAILY TIMES-ADVOCATE had come to the Bureau'sattention and that we welcomed any specifics he might have to
support his statement.
_ The Attorney General advised that he had spoken to youzabout this personally some time ago. He stated that the editorial;in the Escondido DAILY TIMES-ADVOCATE made him quite angry and
{that he asked his men to draft an answer.
He indicated to me that he did not know before I called itto his attention that his letter to the Editor had been published.Attorney General BROWN wanted me to tell you that he certainlydid not intend to cast any reflections upon the accuracy of theFBI Crime Reports and knew of no instances of any inaccuraciesand stated that if he had it to do over again he would not statethat the California crime statistics were more accurate thanthose of the FBI. He stated that the word "accuracy" was poorly -
chosen and he regrets it.
In reference to the sentence in the next to the last para- ,
the FBI Agents could give equal attention to securing essential funiformity of local reporting as his office was giving, the 1;Attorney General was surprised to learn that National Academy men,for instance, are given training in the matter of uniform crimereporting and that Agents of the FBI are also given some trainingin this matter and that on their regular calls to police depart-ments, Agents from time to time have assisted law enforcementagencies in the understanding and better reporting of uniform ,4crime figures, and that there is an analysis made of-these figures 8*and where discrepancies appear there is an effort made to determinei.the reason for the discrepancy. The Attorney General of California.was not aware of the fact that the figures from some cities, sucg-A;as New York City, for some yearsvmre not published in the Uniform_;ff_¢-
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State of California
Attorney General BROWN has a very high personal regardfor the Director and the FBI. He stated that he had no animusin his own mind in making the statement he made, and that it wasa poorly phrased statement made on an occasion in which he hadbeen provoked. He gave evidence of being genuinely sorry that
the statement had been made.
Attorney General BROWN, from everything I have heard andfrom my own personal observation, is not a very deep individual.He is a politician with somewhat average or limited ability andexperience. Because of his lack of good judgment I would nottrust him too far, or count him as a backer who could be dependedupon. However, I do not think he will intentionally attempt todo anything that would be critical of the FBI.
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Iaehington 6, D. C.
Dear llr. Iihe:
» I would like to refer to mg letter ofSeptember 7, l954, and your repl%.of eptenber 9, 1954,concerning publ io criticism of t unifon: crime reportingprogran by Attorney General .l'dmund 0. Brcua of California.You indicated you would like to be advieed of the resultsof our contact with Attorney General Bream.
Our Special Agent in Charge at San Franciscocalled on Attorney General Bram on Septeaber 14, 1954, anddiecueeed this matter frankly with him. The AttornegGeneralexplained that he did not intend for his letter to t preeeto be publ iehed and regretted hie choice of words in refer-
ring to the uniforn criae reporting program
'4. He me ooneiderably surprised to learn of thetraining afforded the Iationa Academy graduates in uniformcrime reporting and the fact that agente of the MI areavailable to aeeiet in thie program ae needed. Apparentgy, __he me not too well informed on the manner in which the :3 *=uniform orine reporting program ie conducted by the FBI Qngoeration with the ternational Aeeooiation of 0h,ie;fo=jofo ce. <~1 32 I
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a./. r .Honorable Edmund G. JBrown !Attorney General " 'State of California /600 State Building i
San Francisco 2, California
My dear Mr. Attorney General:
Your letter of July 5 1956 h be , , as en received, andl
deeply appreciate the interest prompting you to communicate with me
in this regard and to bring your observations on this subject to my
attention.
While I assure you of my great interest in this problem,
I must advise that since this is a matter of a legislative nature, apolicy of long standing precludes my commenting upon it. You will,
I am sure, understand my position in this regard.'5'! -
I am happy to enclose, however a copy of Report 'Number 2576, United States House of R resentati Ti Tep ves, concerning ._ _P_
amendment of Title 18, United States Code, to authorize the enforcemexfb
of stat e statutes prescribing criminal penalties for subversive activitle_st"You will note on pages tour and tive a copy oi a letter dated May 25, 18§6,from the Deputy Attorney General to Honorable Emanuel Celler setting}out the views of the Department of Justice on this subject. -,, ,' 92 ~"
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Honorable Edmund G. Brown July 16, 1956
NO'IE: Bufiles reflect considerable past correspondence with Brown. Followinga talk with Brown on 9/14/54, SAC, San Francisco, noted that Brown does notappear to be a very ',' deep individual." Relations have been generally cordialwith him, but in June, 1954, he was somewhat critical of the complation methods
of the UCR. He was subsequently set straight on this topic.
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Chief Asslent Aarney General913/ ~ -I-':,i92,1_% . - e DIVIIIOII of Civil law
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HAROLD G. ROBINSONDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Depwy mredor
Dlvislon ofHf / Criminal lap! o.nd Enforce:-nanf
STATE BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO
HENRY A. DIE . ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERALJuly 5, 1956 /'
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Honorable J. Edgar Hoover .
Bureau of Federal Investigation
Washington, D. C. '
My dear Mr. Hoover: Jgé
Several of the Attorneys General from various states
have opposed a provision giving to the forty-eight 92
states the right to prosecute subversives. I was one
of those who opposed it. I did so as the chief law
enforcement officer of the State of California, wellY ,
knowing the personnel and capabilities of thoseemployed in the largest state department of justice <0 ' g
in our country. ' "~
official, it was my feeling that we are not equipped ;
to do this job. I feel that it is one that requires
an intimate knowledge of Communism and the ways in y
which they operate in other countries, plus access §92to confidential information which necessarily cannot 2/
be given to too many people even though they may hold /high positions in the various states. J
I have been informed however that you favor a so-called
artnership between the states and the federal govern-
hent in this field. "
s__I assure you that I recognize the menace of subversive fl
activities and I desire to do all in myipower to aid ;k~
and assist you as well as other security agencies of r
our government, _ _ . .@;
I I would therefore like to _s$;yo. :2 u op/notéyouLapb§*' do favor bills now pendin' +i _ ich would
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permit the forty+eight states to investigate and
prosecute subversion of various kinds. If you do
I would like to have your suggestions as to what we
in California should do to implement any law that may
be adopted. -
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
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6/ / 6 Reference is made to Los Angeles GII Report da §EkLI;1¬;:Z29 5 , a copy of which was provided to S.?. Of""- DA p Q p .__Under the sub-heading "Political an o ice Tie is ;;V=with Organized Crime" in rerep, considerable information was fwdetailed ing the current investigation under the direction Itorne BROWN, as conducted by .. V i
Assistant District
has, since the issuance _rof that ial >4,;
basis with ,apprized of the progress tivation ~
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over. Subsequently he received new orders from the Attorney y, General, these coinciding with the illness of Los Angeles 5j District Attorney S. ERNEST ROLL, who is not expected to 5 Q1 live more than sixty to ninety days and who is the only "candidate to succeed himself in the November, 1956 elections ffgj
It J ii? As matters now s an, _~" a very thorough investigation, and he has related to our source that conditions here are much worse than he ever
expected to find them. The above re
fair guide of the conditions whi
although source reports thatin some respects things are even more than this
outline would indicate. _ .
took some additionalinformation to if it proves true, willemphasize again the suspicions Cab there is a terrible breach_;"-92 :5 V 5 5; r ,. - _, /_/' ~,." ---"' 3 312 - Bureau :.§ ,1 -p j ;{?_{_£2 I San Francisco §;&;:" A wW019 / Los Angeles l
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Re: "SPECIAL cams srumr COMMISSIONon ORGANIZED CRIME; $ - o7C- -p_ EDMUND <2. " BROWN
INFORMATION CONCERNING - GIIF
of ' ounty. The information he took relates
the Beverly Hills, California furrier A.w A n July was convicted of conspiracy to commit a iaii iii
¢L 8robbery and of filing a false insurance claim.
trial was.in Santa Monica before Superior Court Judge ORLANDOH. RHODES. Details of the Pcase are not especially
important to this communica on, except that the informationy our source incensed who toldthat he feels so strongly abou e ocal law
enforcement and legal situation that he intends to immediately
recommend to Attorney General BROWN the re-creation of a
Crime Study Commission to concentrate its energies in
Southern California, or if such a Commission is not forthcoming
to at least suggest that the current study be enlar ed _extended so that proper justice can be done to it."
said if he can arrange it he will forego.the judgeship in
Northern California to which he has been aspiring in favor of
heading the investigation or Crime Commission.
It is expected that there will be more information
from our source in this matter; in the meantime the San
Francisco Office is being alerted so that Office can
discreetly seek any pertinent information from sources in
San Francisco and Sacramento. .
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Remylet 8/31/56 .
At the time relet was prepared, indicated his intention of providi g on aconfidential basis, a copy of é report of findingsregarding the status of law enforcement in Los An elesCounty, which StateAttorney General EDMUND G. BROWN, ha stated was even inworse condition than he had been led to expect. As indicatedin relet, the implication drawn by our source from remarks was that the Office of the Los Angeles County DistrictAttorney had in some respects become almost completely
derelict in its obligations to the people.
During the month of to our
source on 10/17/56, -
diligently working. HovCounty, where he is campaigning or
recent weeks source has been u
gative activity by
S rce said he still hopes to obtain some resume ofinformation%a=-em. but the prospects do not appear as
bright as they did last August.be
to Alameda
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discern much investi-
has learned from
sources of his that is personallyhandling investigation in Los Angeles County of the beating
of a Retail Clerks Union representative, which apparentlyr__ r - - _ - I- Bu e 4_ ._./!.,_ _ :,_ 3./__ _,-I 4? _ :4: ;, __.._ %- .. s r D; I f
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