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Ree eae en ete ee tet e te ate “- . . . cot ee de RO Tete eet e 2 at a ee be eee ee Peaese na neces Cut PERE eines mentees ee net NEE TUR lo fer ee et ee tee wen tee > a4 J J STANDARD FORM No. 64 - , % Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. A. H. BELMONT Kol Ww DATE: August 27, 1959 | G Boardman FROM : MR. G, H. SCATTERDAY yx | Meh . ; Nease * i} SUBJECT: EDMOND GERALD BROWN, also Tamm ; . known as "Pat"™™~Br ‘a DeYonck ib W.C. Sullivan — GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA ° Tele. Room — McGuire Holloman —— NAME CHECK REQUEST r | Fe sak Say The Name Check Section has received &-réquest from Na | tne results of any investigations conducted by the FBI concerning the captioned person. Commander J. L. Rutledge, Office of Naval Intelligence, on 8-27-59 advised that his office was not aware of the reason for the request which originated with the District Intelligence Office, 12th Naval | ie segue San Francisco, California. Commander Rutledge speculated that the request could possibly be in connection with some tour Governoy W. would be making at a naval facility. } Bureau files reveal that Governor Brown has never veokt gated by the FBI. In an article in a California newspaper under date of 7-16-58, Brown, then Attorney General of California, charged the FBI ‘Uniform Crime Reports presented California in an "unjustifiable and unfavorable light" because of the manner in which the statistics were compiled, He subsequently stated the article was not in any manner meant to be derogatory concerning the "great work" being done by the FBI. Our files also reveal allegations received in the past indicating Brown sought the aid of communists and commnist-infiltrated organizations during his political rise. In 1945 he reportedly opposed the deportation of Harry Bridges, a west coast labor leader accused of membership in the Communist Party. On a Personnel Security Questionnaire submitted to the |Atomto Energy Commission in July, 1959, Brown admitted past membershi ‘ in the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) in 1946. An article in the "San Francisco Chronicle," a California newspaper, under date of 8-9-9, { announced Brown had been elected vice president of the San Francisco ; Chapter ofthe NLG. ‘The NLG has been cited as a communist front by 8 House Committee on Un-American Activities. The Atomic Energy Commission is presently considering whether or not it will require an investigation of Brown by the FBI in view of romts position as a member of the Board of Regents at the University of California, which position holds a high degree of importance and ensitivity under the Atomic Energy Act. ‘The Atomic Energy Commissio Security Director, John A. Waters, on 8-12-59 advised our liaison rep sentative that the matter had not yet been decided but that he, Wate would let the Bureau know as soon as a decision in the case been reached at AEC. (116=442786) REC 36 ee — IDG auy~4g hist eee 9 L-Mr. Belmnt.. . _, bi a ur l = Liaison Section . om 1 = Name’ Ché edtton Pig pi DR: joi © (6) cf