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J, Edgar Hoover FBI -. . . Mr. 1 Washington, D.C Mr, W.C.Sullivan Dear Mr, Hoover: ; I write to ask you about t "integrity" of the TV show, "The Untouchables”. ent Ness was real..and the comments of your self-appointed champion, Winchell, lends further authenticity to the show, a I lived through the era of gangdom and_ some of the action pictured is new to me, I strongly suspect liberal editing and I am not talking about authentic props but rather the addition of spectacular action such as shooting a man off a flagpole and collapsing a slag pit by gunshot, I have held your organization up to my children, there is not a hell of a lot left in “ashington to be held up to kids, Tors when they say, “id that really happen‘, am at a loss to answer, *- : his is my first crank letter to anyone and + am sure that even a perfunctory 7 check with “istrict “ttorney “enry “ade of this city or your local representatives will establish my citizenship. + feel that there is no need to further glamorize the episodes of your history, *he more this is done, even within the general frgmework of the facts, the more | Lh t he &P ar kun} & rc 66 EASY Cm ST LU8 si: tad oe af REG § reassure meor.-confirm <3 (ZF ts... 16 FEB 2 1960_. a