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with preference to the activities of Eugene Bernstein in behalf of aa it is isted that he is an attorney with offices at 77 vest Vashing ton micau,o, illinois. He resides at 5234 Santh Tneleside Streat in the ai ity, mow Kosea Di Gratio, a self-admitted member of the 12,0 underworld : (cate, Was Interviewed in 1945, he advised that. he wes re_y ..ted by attorney .q _ of Dermstein. 3 Ji haus alsc been arcertained that Bernstein is attorney for Jack Guzik, ~..°Ler well-knovm criminal in Chicago. a a In connection with William Scott Stewart, who is mentioned in the Board of Parole file as being an attorney active in behalf of Campagna, it is noted .*. - tiat he maintains offices at 77 Vest Washington Street, Chicago. According to an article which acpeared in the Chi cago Tribune for December 1, 1934, Willian- Scott Stewart is described as an attorney "who has defended a number of notorious crininals, expressing disapproval of the shoot-to-kill policy, charged that the governnent is usurping the powers of local police, and criticized Attorney General — Homer Cummings as 'maddling with affairs outside his province!." Stewart <5 ry further quoted in the newspaper article as stating: ‘There seems to bé an. * epidemic of this sort of thinge ‘he public is being regaled every few days wi pictures on the front page of the newspapers of criminals who have been shot down. by the Federal agents." In this connection an editorial in the Columbus Evening Tispatch on December 4, 1934, indicated that Stewart's reasons for objecting . to; © Federal officers killing criminals were that it took a reliable source of income from such attorneys. . : of Stewart has defended such individuals as Roger Touhy and menbers or hie gang, who received long prison terms. In March, 1934, the Chicago Division of. the FBI received information concerning an alleged kidnaping of Jerry Horan by “the .- Touhy gang. The informant indicated that Touhy had forced Horan to call: his! 4° Secretary, requesting her to obtain $15,000 and pay it to William Scott Stewart. °- Horan, however, when interviewed, denied having been kidnaped. ‘here ieee never=- .# theless, some substantiation from other sources that Stewart may have eon involved a in such a transaction. A separate memorandum has been submitted setting forth information = | ; cor.cerning Paul Dillon. oe 3 with reference to Dr. Valter Lawrence, Campagna's parole advisor, it ie is noted that a Dr. Walter Lawrence, 6400 Cermak Road, Berwyn, Tllinois, © oe. apparently identical with svhtertts mrole advisor, is listed by a reliable * a confidential informant 4 a vo + : Fo yes ‘ angi It is noted that the Board of Parole file reflects that the Us 5. © District Judge in whose court Campaym was convicted, as well as the Special. Assistant to the Attorney General who prosecuted the case, both objected to" Canpagna's release on parole. ’ Patil i