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—_ » . . ae eooy ge, J oe os fat HR a @ S$ 4 a et = o% c¢ September 4. UG 2y Su SH SS? - /O2S-*, wig “i Y7_ Honorable A. Willis Robertso’ BY SPECIAL MESSENGER St Unite | States Se nate aie os oO Fe = My da daar Senator: z 93 % 22 i & - I have received the letter Colonel Harvey i, Hewitt mm wroteto you bn September 14, 1968, with the copy of your replyto DS him dfSeptember 19th, and I ‘do eporeciate your bringing this matter.y= & to my attention. Let me assure you at the outset thatthe implied 2 = chétzegneninst the FEI reported in Colonel Hewiti's letter have mm 2 3s baste inf tact. oo ™ = Ey. * moe - Eoth sides in the racial issue have used the FEI's aq we iSreceat months to gain support for their respective pointe af & _Gyriously, neither side has spoken with any authority since he etatersents have dealt with cases on which no public ennounce- ris vest een made re-arding the resuits of our investigations ion often is statej as fact, and the uatter of legal jurisdiction 1 ost — 4 frequeatly is ignored. oy . as ~ ™ oF <r o = At the present time, cifferent individuals are veiting arious totals for the number of bombings waich have oceurres in Intana, Some allege the FED has inv stl; vated all of them; others clatté we have taken lithe or no action, Our jurisdiction to vertizate these bombings | cov.es from the Civil Rights Act of 1560 yick-became effective on May 6, 196%. It ig broad in ecope, but ne Rgpartisent of Justice has stated that Congress clearly indicated oN ueré’wes no intention in the statute to usurp investigative and ce rosecutive authority in bombing matters from state and real ce guthorities, The DCepartient hac instructed that the FEY; abt: ri initiate investic®tions into such cases without special C So eal jt <Q) © guthorizatieac EIA (is sf Sie; re Tot - Mr. Rosen Shr wes Enclos peees: Article from Washington, D. C. rhe Evening Star" entitl "PEI Pléciny Together Church- Bombing Clues" dated 9-21-63. Article from 9-2f1-63 % AOE SOE regari Slabama bombings. §; Rosh YZ mone Colonél Hewitt cannot be identified in B a Sufiles indicate pine b have had generally cordial relations with Sénat obertson. rrotter ~ - B *b 10 ge bwseerp? OS a) gel 2 Y- MAIL ROOM Y: + ile UNIT C4