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. Fh gatmemeinerene cs eat aes met PM nItem bed Aone ee ent ere mn emi erearemn eee ge MUTI Eo eg. ss neeneee : tone nate peer LR RF : . . FD-302 (Rev. 3-3°59) .. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . ee oe INTERVIEW REPORT =. Neg =. Date _ May 12, 1960 ~ California, advised t he has know Governor BROWN fer the past 14 years as District Atto of San FPranciseo County pttorney General and Governor of the State of California, > Gum stated that it is his personal opinion that devernor BROWN is lacking in character, ability, judgment and integrity, | and that he cannot keep a secret, As an —_ of Governor BROWN'S lack of ability and judg- cited what he considered Governor BROWN'S mise of recently publicised CARYL CHESSNAN case wherein CHESSNAN a reprieve, GUE advised Governor BROWN grentod in this connection that he is strongly opposed to Gove otane in favor of abolishing capital shment as he to retain capital punishment. Concerning Governor BROWN'S lack of character and integrity and his inability to keep a secret, GEE stated that in December, 1949 he attended the National Chiefs of Police Convention wherein U. S. Attorney Gerteral McGRATH gave a talk and stated that in February, 1950 he, MeGRATH, was having a meeting in Washington, D, C. with a few selected members of the national Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs regarding organized crime, stated that after this speech he went to Attorney Gene McGRATH and asked him why the District Attorneys were not included in this Pebruary, 1950 meeting inasmuch as the District Atto were the front line éGefense in organized crime, NMoGRATH advised that the District | Attorneys had no national organization. teld MoGRATH thet he had been working on a national assoc on of District Attorneys for over & advised that No@RATH then requested that he, five District Attorneys from woe the United States attend the meeting in February, advised that he attended this meeting with Qyp District Attorneys but that BROWN, then Dist ct Attorney r San Francisco County, was not invited. ain atated he was not invited. that BROWN attended this meeting even According to at the meeting he, made a re the formation of tion of District Atto and a that he, County Supe sociation of C mia, interview with Qo lo7¢ rij. # SP 126-52286 __ on __5/11/60_,, _—Oakland, California Date dictated 5/12/60 by Special Agent oar, & This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. -13- a eee ene come mele Lae ee eR anmnatie mE