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VIA LIAISON b7C Date: October 6, 1959 To: Atomic Energy Compission lug From: John Edgar Hoover, Director / i yo 1c as ee eee pth Subject: EDMUND GERALD BROWN, he Also Known As "Pat" Brown i ATOMIC ENERGY ACT - APPLICANT . Reference is made to your letter dated September 3vU, 1959. No investigation has been conducted by this Bureau relative to Edmund Gerald Brown; however, the following infor- mation received by this Bureau may be pertinent to your inquiry: ° The February 13, 1945, issue of the ‘San Francisco Chronicle," a San Francisco newspaper, reported that Brown, then District Attorney, opposed the deportation of Harry Bridges, a west coast labor leader accused of membership in the Communist Party. (62-76249-11, pg 7; 39-915-2560) An article appearing in the August 9, 1945, issue of the “San Francisco Chronicle" announced that Brown vad been elected vice president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. The Mational Lawyers Guild has been cited as a communist front by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. (100-7321-879) his Bureau is in possession of a letterhead entitled "Salute to Young America Committee, which was a committee, according to the letterhead, to sponsor & second anniversary dinner of the American Youth for Democracy (AYD) at San Francisco. This letterhead lists Brown as a member of the Committee in For- mation. The informant who made the letterhead available to this Bureau stated that Brown was being considered by the Communist } Party in San Francisco as a speaker for this committee (no further details available). Ga (62-7624 9°19) : =) hat, ao, In March, 1946, this Bureau A S hished a copy of /] ‘+ a letter dated January 10, 1946, written by a. veterans group ( at the University of San Francisco, which criticized Brown fo EMH: £11 (8) rg) foe : ame OC v J NOTE: See cover memo: Rosen to The Director,’ 10/5/59, ‘same eaption, EMH: fil oo . nr Ci . . 4% wo : tj Ls BG 8 J. a a i "a: MAIL ROOML_] TELETYPE uNiT C_] / Lo oe a / pre Le oS. \ 2 ~ Le “os ! wae