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ALU TUT OM TAY CON Dear Mr. Hoover: Thanks so much for the memo on Buggsy Stegel. in the course of my research I have come across two items fn which you were involved, and I would be grateful if you can teJl me whether they are true, “ a CEN TES EY Ta ant SR ee ape eee loose * ; ~ a 7 r| The second ftem, {fn September 1947, quotes a speech you made to the National Police Aca- demy, in which you referred to Sfegel as 'scum", and safd such people could not exist if they were not glamorized. It ts true, of course, that Siesel would not have been what he was without the help of such prominent Hollywood names as George Raft, Cary Grant, Dorothy DiFrasso, Gary Cooper and many others. [Even Raft admitted as much to me. Thank you very much, Sincere] bx Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federai Sureau of Investigation Washington 0.C,