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4 + @ e - ra ooo a 4 thet gt a, - ae . . . PO AVE CHRO BIRAEGZ2 6 UIMTTED STATES GOVER IM ET po ' Mr. Tolson 7 mod DATE Dacember 14, 985 : a Tela ae PROM 1 lL. B. Nichola ge SECURITY MATTER -~C Tene Bufle 100- ' Sizoe ee ‘ {_. Herbert Monte Levy, Counse) for the “American Civil Liberties Union, came by to see me recently while he was in Washington:; He has submitted his resignation and contemmprtes leaving the Union aroufd | the first cf January. He will still keep his interest and will eadeavor to be of any possible assistance to the Bureau in matters which we are interested in. I naturally thanked him for his assistance in the past and told him we would expect him to keep an eye on things. . r - 5 He then stated that last June, Louis Joughin, Assistant Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, had written the Bureau regarding an incident whick had caused some of them at the Union tg be somewhat concerned. He then pointed out that the wife of Professdt was accosted on the street after she came out of a store by two FBI Agents who sought to interview | her, Joughin had written a letter to the Bureau regarding the incident for the | ; purpose of ‘whether the actions of the Agents were proper, It appears : that both ® ‘and his wife have protested to the American Civil Liberties: Union (ACLU) ef the actions and the ACLU was seeking to ascertain whether they ; should take any interest in the cane, Inir: : Levy stated that Joughin got a rhort letter back admitting that _ ' Jee T waa contacted but pointing out that the Director was precluded from ~- furnishing any information in view of the confidential character of the files. Levy aeked if I could not look into the matter and tell them whether the action was proper or improper. I told him that I did not recall the matter but that it seemed to mie that the phraseology of tha Director's letter indicated that we did not regard thd action as improper, He then asked if there was any way whereby we could elaborate on this in further detail. He stated there war no inclinatian to be critical of the Bureau but that the| 'had made quite a case and an honest doubt had arise as to why we had not called for an appointment and seen Mra. - under more normal circumstances, _ 59 om . ry N 7 0) ae ce: Mr, Boardman eo 10 O26 20 1955 | LON:arm i\ cee " fi t