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MANDAAD POM Fa. 4S - Pin, bers nm Mro decd 2 Lu Office Memo. t. idum * UNITED si] '§ GOVERNMENT ©. Mr Oo har i TO : DIRECTOR, FBI | pate: Decenber 22,°1953 + | FROM SAC, BOSTON (66-1036) E oa = PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL i" b. SUDJECT: HONORABLE JOSEPH P, KENNEDY ey] | ‘ | Von SPECIAL SERVIC: Cor ch . ene ~~ —— C2 During a recent contact by : with Mr, JOSEPH P, KENNEDY, Mr, KENNEDY made reference to yow" testimony before the Sub- committee to investigate the administration of the Internal Security Act and other Internal Security Lays on November 17th last. | Although politically a democrat, Mr. KENNEDY stated that he disacreed with and others who reportedly expressed the (6) fear thut your testimony might establish a dangerous precede asserted that under the circumstances your action in testifying was fae. So extremely well done it had a great beneficial effect upon that issue 1 : as well as the stature of the Bureau, wt u a Tie. nc = iff f Recentiy, Mr. KENNEDY has been studying the operations and expenditures , of the Department of Defense in connection with his duties as a member ! of the commission headed by former President HER3ERT HOOVER, and ne has i been shocked at the serious waste and mismanagement of funds, He stated | iithat the deeper he delves into the matter, the more he appreciaiss your work as Director and the Bureauts accomplishments; for, by comparison, the Bureau is one of the few feceral organizations that is operated efficiently, said Mr, KENJEDY, “I thought you would like to have these comments from one who has been “a long tame friend of the Bureau, _ ne. ~ a ee ee a ee