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(Mr. Tamm) bx, is quoted all the time when he is not making statements, and the other SACts do not have that difficulty, and along this line he talked with Mr. Harvey about the Wmwease and he is absolutely innocent and has made no statements missioner's “Hearing and that is where they got their information; that the Philadelphia papers did not quote him, but he pointed out that it is often a trick of the newspaper men to make a statement about him, and then follow it by inforwation obtained from some other source and make it appear as though they were quoting him, and that he, Mr. Harvey, had not made any statements. ‘ Mr. Hoover remarked that this is possible, but not very probable. Mr. Tamm edvised the Director that, with regard to the Goodrich case in Datroit, he talked with Mr. Largon abemt the matter on Saturday af— ternoon and he said he had wanted to get into the case some time ago but that the City authorities - the police ~ had seemed somewhat reluctant to have us in the case. Mr. Larson, according to Mr. Tamm, went so far as to go/the District Attorney and ask him to see if the prosecuting attorney . would not ask us to come into the case, but that the police seemed rather reluctant and this is the reason he has never gone ahead with it. Mr. Hoover — inquired whether Mr. Larson had ever notified us of this, and Mr. Tamm stated _ he did not; that Mr. Larson says he thought it was purely a local offense, | and Mr. Tamm inquired of him why he thought we should go into it, and Mr. Lerson indicated that he Just wanted to get into it and help them if he could. Mr. Hoover stated that the whole trouble is we have got to get into it now, and if we were in ‘the position of specifically asking some months : ago when this occurred whether we could be of assistance, and they told us £ no, we could very nicely say, about the jcriticism we have received from the press, that we had offered assistande but it had been declined, but as it isn now, we do not know what Larson hes said, and the matter is very vague ' as we cannot say that they refused to accept our aid, and it is this sort of thing which puts us in a very bad light. Mr. Tamm advised that Mr. Larson : has an appointment with the Chief of Detectives this afternoon, to go over a zy fe} Q the whole thing, and will advise Mr. Tamm of the results. Mr. Hoover stated 3 that Mr. Larson should get the indictment in the Federal Court against this and be thoroughly protected. => man, 3°73 Mr. Tamm told Mr. Hoover that Mr. Whitley called this morning about she stories in the,;New York Mirror to the effect that Federal Agents and police might are investigating in the various,Harlem night clubs, looking for Robinson dis- bare in &S a woman, which he, Mr. Tamm, presumes is predicated upon Winchell's 3 broadcast last night, and says they know nothing about it and the police know 53 nothing about it. Mr. Hoover said Mr.Tamm should tell Whitley to make no