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Bove # Memorandum to Mr, W. Cc, Sullivan REI TIN L KING, gr. ; . ; EnER USDC court order 160+106670 . b7c In the epilogue to her book Mrs. King thanked the people who sent checks to continue her husband's work and those ~~ who sent checks specifically to the children and herself.. She _ said she had used these gifts to assist her in setting up and maintaining a staff and an office to handle the large volume of mail and “the myriad requests made of me." ' This selfless, magnanimous, decorous attitude is belied by Mrs. King's actual shrewd, calculating, businesslike activities. In August, 1968, following King's death in April, 1968, Levigon and Harry Belafonte, the Negro entertainer, conferred of Belafonte’s concern over a request by Mrs. King for fifty percent of an SCLC fund. Lavison said her request, which amounted to about $200,000 was for fifty percent of the Martin Luther King Yund which was established with the understanding that it would be shared with her. A confrontation between Mra. King and the SCLC leadership was imminent over thia matter and many other things. Levison, Mrs. King'a devoted friend and protector, told Belafonte that only about half the money that had been collected for the Martin Luther King Fund had been put into that fund, Therefore, if Mra. King's request was granted, she would still only receive about twenty percent of the fund. On page 245, in writing about the death of President Kennedy Mrs, King mentioned the courage of Mrs. Kennedy and added that for all their piiosopiigal explanations and their deep faith in God, she and King were still personally in a dark abyss of sorrow for “this gallant, compassionate and wise man," She indicated that in a way President Kennedy was King'a best friend. ~ § =