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Rt \ RATE Bo SD 15 - r at) \ VW tw RE: JOSEPH Be*KENNEDY BACKGROUND: w Joseph Patricw kennedy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September_6, 1688. He récetved an ABS Degree Prom Harvard in 1912; he has recetved numerous honorary degrees from universities and colleges, both in the United States and abroad. He married Rose Fitzgeraid in 1914. They had nine children. (Who's Who in America 1952) DC / One of their sons is John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 7 7—~— present Democratic Senator from Massachusetts. It is to be noted that Senator Kennedy is a member of the Committee on Government Operations. (Congresat onal Directory, 83rd Congress, ist Session, March, 1953 s Kennedy was a bank examiner for Massachusetts from 1912 to 1914 and President of the Columbia Trust Company from 2914 to 1917. Quer the nert ten years he was engaged in various financial endeavors which included banking, shipbuilding and the moute industry. He was appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934. He resigned in 1935. In 1937 he was appointed Ambassador to Great Britain.(@i937 to 1940} He is a trustee of Notre Dame Universi ty, @ Catholic and a Democrat. He has @ summer home at Worth Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Florida. (Who's Who tn America 1952) IN FORMATION IN BUREAU FILES: Joseph P. Kennedy tn 1946 was appointed to the staff of Honorable Herbert Hoover. Mr. Hoover headed the Commission on Organization of the Ezecuttue Branch of the Government. A ten-page summary memorandum was prepared on Kennedy at this time. (66-1138-336) This memorandum contained infornation to the effect that tn April, 1942, the Bureau received unsolictted information from a confidential source of unknown reliability concerning cer nsacttons impli toating Kennedy all e ‘a, ade a very profitable deal through the influence a — = It was alleged he has received an annual income of O from thi ransaction which took a thy ec 2 e Sai OES> nen Ines aU