Frank Sinatra — Part 12

139 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Apr 15, 1957 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Frank Sinatra · 132 pages OCR'd

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Although he has displayed a very friendly attitude toward } the Bureau, Robert Kennedy has been an outspoken advocate of the establishment f of a Federai Crime Commission. He has stated, “In my opinion our first and most urgent need is for a national crime commission. This commis- sion would serve as a central intelligence agency, a clearinghouse to which each of the seventy-odd Federal agencies and the more than ten thousand local law enforcement agencies throughout the country would constantly feed i,formation on the leading gangsters. The commission would pool and correlate all its information on underworld figures and disseminate it to the proper authorities." (62-105993-A-Washington Post 6-15-69) WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY ELECTIONS: In connection with the recent hotly contested primary elections in West Virginia, several charges of improper actions were made to the Bureau, including allegations that votes were bought, that a polling place in Logan County was moved to prevent qualified West Virginians from voting, and that voting officials in Logan County pulled voting machine levers. for local citizens. With regard to Senator Kennedy’ a religion, improperly labeled anti-Catholic literature was distributed by a nonexistent organization called the "Protestant Information Center." POLITICAL VIEWS: Te In a syndicated column datelined Washington, D. C., 1- 14-57, Fulton Lewis, Jr., described Kennedy as “conscientious and sincere” in his Senate duties and stated, "Kennedy tempers his political liberalism with enough realistic conservatism that the Walter Reuther-Americans for Democratic Action leftists mistrust his independence. That was the real reason they threw the No. 2 (Vice Presidential} nomination to Kefauver in Chicago (at the Deniocratic National Convention) last August." Fulton Lewis called attention to the fact that Kennedy's and Richard Nixon's records are very similar in that (1) both served in the Navy in World War I; (2) both were elected to the House of Representatives ini946; and both graduated io the Senate--Nixon in 195U and Kennedy in 1952, The 6-30-59 issue of "The Washington Post and Times-Herald" contained an article reflecting that Senator Kennedy urged "swift repeal of the loyalty oath requirement of the National Defense Education Act."" This Act required students getting a Federal scholarship loan to sign a loyalty oath. (f° 4-37374-A) -6- WT

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Although he has displayed a very friendly attitude toward

} the Bureau, Robert Kennedy has been an outspoken advocate of the establishment
f of a Federai Crime Commission. He has stated, “In my opinion our first

and most urgent need is for a national crime commission. This commis-

sion would serve as a central intelligence agency, a clearinghouse to which

each of the seventy-odd Federal agencies and the more than ten thousand

local law enforcement agencies throughout the country would constantly

feed i,formation on the leading gangsters. The commission would pool

and correlate all its information on underworld figures and disseminate

it to the proper authorities." (62-105993-A-Washington Post 6-15-69)

WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY ELECTIONS:

In connection with the recent hotly contested primary
elections in West Virginia, several charges of improper actions were
made to the Bureau, including allegations that votes were bought, that a
polling place in Logan County was moved to prevent qualified West
Virginians from voting, and that voting officials in Logan County pulled
voting machine levers. for local citizens. With regard to Senator Kennedy’ a
religion, improperly labeled anti-Catholic literature was distributed by a

nonexistent organization called the "Protestant Information Center."
POLITICAL VIEWS:

In a syndicated column datelined Washington, D. C., 1- 14-57,
Fulton Lewis, Jr., described Kennedy as “conscientious and sincere” in his
Senate duties and stated, "Kennedy tempers his political liberalism with
enough realistic conservatism that the Walter Reuther-Americans for
Democratic Action leftists mistrust his independence. That was the real
reason they threw the No. 2 (Vice Presidential} nomination to Kefauver in
Chicago (at the Deniocratic National Convention) last August."

Fulton Lewis called attention to the fact that Kennedy's and
Richard Nixon's records are very similar in that (1) both served in the Navy
in World War I; (2) both were elected to the House of Representatives ini946;
and both graduated io the Senate--Nixon in 195U and Kennedy in 1952,

The 6-30-59 issue of "The Washington Post and Times-Herald"
contained an article reflecting that Senator Kennedy urged "swift repeal of the
loyalty oath requirement of the National Defense Education Act."" This Act
required students getting a Federal scholarship loan to sign a loyalty oath.

(f° 4-37374-A)

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