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sew mee : cee ts eee nats einen ete nee ; - . ee ee a -- : : . sein . : os - ~ a om y 7 4 7 As oe fe a -° San Frahcisco ae _ EQMUND GERALD BROWN, aka Pat Bron . MISCELLANZUUS INFGRMATICE CONCHANING CHANCELLOR. Prior to being elected District Attorney at San Francisco, BROAN engaged in a fairly successful practice, a good deal of which was personal in- jory work. , The folloving info obtained by the writer. \lp! L| a close personal friend, the legal firm aii 3. & { HARRISON, 111 Sutter. St.,/oan rrancisco. Tt is requested that identity yi be kept absolutely confiaential because of writer's friend. , BROWN apparently beset with political ambitions and BROWN has received a start with CINCINNATUS, political organization which was founded about 1928. . He is reportedly a political friend of local democratic iD who is also the democratic committee and is a political friend of Subject is said to be a good practical catholic anc an extremely sincere person yho is not too bright, a very pleasing personality, but little political "savvy". A rumor is current in San Francisco that BROWN once represented the BOOKIES, against whom he has directed, more or less, 4 campaign in recent months to suppress their activi- ties. Informant carefully pointed out, however, that this is a rumor, the basis of which he does not know, ZROWN's wife is the daughter of former police Captain ARTHUR D. LANE, who was known in the police department as a "straight guy" (informant!s father was a police lieutenant in San Francisco for many years). LANE was emoved lac peas) acme eee eT the ‘ceitral district because of his raid on houses, prostit z ety Atm ; y poe i, of ution and gambling’ joints.’ - = + “ ~ * ne ae me TE BROWNS have four children. qu a ‘Flood Building, /also a close personal friend of the writer and whose identity must be maintained in confidence, advised as follows: ; \y! q It should be noted that @iiihas been quite active in ‘iii i s in the lower scale for several years. Subject and subjec we who is also a practicing attorney in San Francisco, became extremely a | interested in a CINCINNATUS organization in San Francisco politics in its be- ginning, which was reportedly founded about 18 years ago. BROWN 4s reputedly, not too capable an attorney but sincere and unquestionably has high political ambitions. bez GQ@BRB acvised that the Veteran's Group at the University of San Fran- y cisco, had recently sent out a letter to various sponsors of a dinner given it, by the AYD at the Colonial Room of the St. Francis Hotel, several months ago, asking them the basis of their support of this dinner, in view of ‘the Director's b70 denunciations of a few months ago, of the AYD, in which he pointed out its connection with the YCL. Informant has maintained a file of the responses re- -2- \