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Ojfice Mem andum * UNITED st *§ GOVERNMENT To : Mr, Tolson WA ose DATE 2-26-56 Tolews FROM 3: L, Bz Ninn ) Bewrians ' Reference is made to my memorandum of February 23 = —— Co LE concerning Cardi s interview with SAC Kelly and to the” Tele. Rowe ——— : (“a inquiry which made of the Cardinal as to whether he Gandy ~ 3 had written a letter in Minneapolis enclosing a . $10,000 check as a campaign contr , Cardinal Spellman asked SAC Kelly. . aA if a contact sould be made with so the matter could be handled quietly bt tow, and without publicity inasmuch as he, Cardi liman, had definitely not od sent-am@ any such campaign contribution 5 Be else, The Director md [ected we could give no assurance as to what (i ight do ae to publicity. oo ASAC Simon of New. York advised my office at 6:00 p.m. > | 2-23-56 that Cardinal Spellman early in the day could not find the copy. 6f the “ei; letter and photostat of the check which had sent to him but bad during > ftern norabl qs { ted , | January 31, 1956, at Miami Beach, Florida, bearing a return address Post Office ae The letter stated: "Dear Mr. While taking a little rest here in Ly —- 4 Florida and getting some much-needed recreation after my trip to the Orient a (they are running at Hialeah), I was given a copy of the announcement of your «eandidacy for the Presidency of the United States on the atheist ticket. I — hasten to enclose my contribution of $10,000 fer your campaign. Confidentially, ae ; I have a selfish motive in furthering your cause and I wish to give some advice. My advise is to duck the Presbyterian issue, It is too late to get them all as Eisenhower and Stevenson were there first--. And second, stick to the atheists and that is where I come in, When you by pure reason and logic have drawn / st all af tha athaiate and athar intalligant wntara from hath Renublican ana Sut Hee WS FES SOUS te Bs Weeye le at el Si Fee eS Ee 2 eee es oe Democratic Parties, what will be left? Practically nothing but Christians, . I already control a lot of them and with the intelligencia entirely in your party, ej I will soon get. all of the rest. YhenI really will have a chance to be the first ead American Pope, Yours in confidence;!siened Francis Cardinal Spellman, Z = am re signature Francis (Car initials FCS:mg. hae oe uf As an enclosure there is a photostat of a check dated 1-31-56 Le tf N drawn on the Corn Exchapge Bank Trust Company, Number 10983, payable to _ 4 KT ° the order o jampaign a in the amount of $1 000. ROED- 64 ROT | 6 Riidied aB5i. E103 ied got ba-7a033- Hi ve ME net) Le Tha ET AA a NE a aa a A EV SERRE TIP VN RE flac Som