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ne Oe ee ea |. JOHN EDGAR HOOVER CF a i } oo eS » af bad i ae 7 Federal Bureaw of Investigation a c* United States Department of Justice « EATSLOJ Washington, B. ¢. 93°20 PM December 19, 1939 a MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE | OBOE I called SAC Listerman at Cleveland and ingutred as aft to what time his Gppolntment with Elliot#Wess tomorrow, to we Noe. which he replted that his appointment was for 12:15 Pl, 5 advised Wr. Listerman that the Director wants him to take a firma and strong stand with Wese along the lines that he did _ fer not deal with the F.BeI. tn organizing this leveland-Safety vse ch Counctl; that he dealt with Naval Intelligence an @ must ae continue to deal with them. I advised him that the Director wants him to point out to him very decisively that his group a J was formed without the knowledge, endorsement, sponsorship aad or any approval of the F.B.Ie3 that after the group was formed a. ff they talked to us about it, but they did not consult us as to a ae forming tt or anything of that kind; that tf he wanted our fis participation and support he should have come to us first. ee Secondly, that he never asked our views about it at any time. op . Thirdly, he has never turned agything over to us, and tf he s says anything about Lieutenant fkhaskin having given us any information, we assumed that he was dealing with us as a . representative of Naval Intellivyence. Fourth, that the : Director deplores any private group which does law enforce=~ = ment upon a paying basis, and th t the action of the Safety a Council in charging one dollar per employee per year and then é. having investigations conducted by the Police Department ts - certainly a very serious question; that the Director feels aetna that law enforcement ahould be handled by officers who are... “a8 paid for that purpose. If the Cleveland Police Department : is functioning in that capacity there ts no justification a 3 for their collecting money for that purpose, and if the “Y PERS Council ta using these funds to pay investigators to act in - ix. a private capacity, they are doing a very unethical and she undesirable thing by attempting to function as a law enforce~ eee ment agency while sponsored by private funds. ha tomes | I advised Mr. Listerman to tell Ness that the he ' Director takes the posttion that there te no need for any ~ a private groups to act as intermedtartes between business or = “aye individuals and the F.B.Iezg that anyone can report Batters ns)... - a> direct to us without having to go through any third agenegys ......... qats and the injection ef a third party into any relattoaship af... yay this kind merely complicates and makes more ars prcult the @2e.-- reporting of appropriate material by persons RECORDED & INDEXED re FETE AL EURT IY OE INYASTIOATION 8er 2 UE ety oe | ‘ WE AAT NES JUSTICE Peres ioe Ws roy Be acd Xs 4 Pie SS :