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“G-572 (Rev. 2-19-. ~ OFonal tokm NO. 30 . ‘ > UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - To : The Director DATE: FP ety FROM : N, P. Callahan SUBJECT: The Congressional Record Vephe IT. SEE ATVE ee ees $ tn pe HEBEL AEE a Oe, Pages 16470-16471, Senator Gruening, (D} Alaska, spoke concerniy » recent happenings in Birncvingham, He included several articles and editorials wr, remarks. This material included an article from the Washington atar of Septeriber 1&63, entitled A Southerner Speaks--A Flower ior the Graves." This article state "E is too late to blame the sick criinals who handled the dynamite. The FBI andt police can deal with that kind. The charge against them is simple. They killed fow children, Only we can trace the truth, Southerner--you and L* | Pages 16477 - 16479. Senator Ribicoff, (DB) Connecticut, spoke on the , Situation in Eirringham. He submitted several articles and editorials with his rems Included was an editorial from the Washington Fost of September 18, 1963, entitled “iunting The Killers." Tais editorial stated "Because of the high repete of the Fede Ecreau of Investigation, that agency's n:assive effort to solve the Eiroingham bombh will tring reassurance to an outraged nation, - - ~ - Jt is not so certain, however, tk the announcement will bring full reassurance to Negroes in Birmingham or throughout! <= the country. Negro leaders have complained for several years that the FIsI has not by =": gealous in hunting down civil rights violators in the South. - - - ~ Critics of the Bure > 4 sught to take a few factors into account. The first of these is that FBI Director J. Ed Hocver is indubitably right in saying that investigation of crin:es of this kind is pris:arly tae duty of daly constituted local police authority; the FBI has jurisdiction on When the offense involved some crossing of Sate lines, and it needs to be careful to xe exceeding its jurisdiction, - - ~ - The FEF's task in Eirr:incham is not an easy ‘one.’ Mr. Ribicoif also included the article entitled "A Flower for the Graves" which was set forth in comments by Senator Gruening earlier in this memorandum. f ren 2S yaad REE So ' | eaten —— NOT RECORDED 145 act 7 186 In the original af a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressional Record for .72 f 77 “fe was reviewed and pertinent items wee ene eee matked for the Director's attention. This form has been prepared in order that ; portions of a copy of the original memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and place in appropriate evi ot subject matter files. a‘ O4¢ CLT 147967 A, A -