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n a. re wel .. 2 i tN 1D aE AKES GUN ER: NT . ( Cuitaps cows 3 ri ac, ; 7 ~ Conf. —_ ¢ Memorandum | seg . Malone . toe Rosen Te > Mr. Conrad pare: December 5, 1961 Sullivan a Tele: Room rpkom o> RL. Millen j2< 7 Oanay sunjecr: INFORMATION RECEIVED CONCERNING {i | THE DIRECTOR ve 4. o£ Agere Hoe In my 12-1-61 memorandum, I advised that Mr. E. one bos Security Consultant of The Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland, would .— be recontacted for details as to his report that discussion had taken place in the White House regarding possible replacement of the Director with Mr. William 0. Boswell, Director, Office of Security, State Department.. SA J. M. Matter obtained the following information from Kramer on 12-5-61. Tne report originally came from Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, In, of Reno, Nevada (presently staying at the Windsor Hotel, 2300 ConnecHeut Avenue, Nortnwest, Washington, D. C., phone HUdson 3-7700). il- 30-61, Vande rbilt had an appointment with Mr. Arthur ewlvester, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs. Syivester. told Vanderbilt, the following: (1) J. Edgar Hoover is considering resigning as Director, of the FEI to accept a position in private incustry, (2) William ron Boswell i has been suggested as a possible successor to Mr. Hoover, Vanderbilt ~ B attributed this to the White House as a result of Sylvester's close association A. | with Pierre Salinger, White House Press Secretary, and Arthur Jr., Special Assistant to the President. rive f. f-> pe a) ts ww" Kramer "talked to Vanderbilt St t breakfast" by long distanced’ telephone ' in Miami about 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 12-1-61, at which time ‘Vanderbilt gave him the information regarding the 2 Director. Kramer has no objection to Vanderbilt being contacted in regard to this matter. Ls NAL megRECORDED COPY rm Tot she Without revealing his source, Kramer has since personally wie Congressman Francis E. Walter, Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the office of Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Senate Appropriations Committee, of this report and urged them LO Oppose Boswell, if he does receive an appointment, on the basis of his being incompetent for a job as important as the Director of the FBL Lb zd RECOMMENDATION: a, “ , ‘ “ For information. OM = = Te am MV. 20 DEC 18 1961 a S 1 - Mr. Belmont AG tyne Ge a ce : JMM:pee (4) ; nek ) M: Ges, yeh, UF wy Stay t ) . oy, y ah ae a us o_ 1? g w+ eT nt tL (og os 2S. es ’ . . et _ _ - .e oot _ “ ae -- eo cd sage ey * . Pa Na we ee we ante, dpa a mn ee Rr ee cre tae meg gh 8 one Met ee