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Melvin Belli — Part 3

55 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Nov 12, 1947 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Belli · 54 pages OCR'd
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| ~ 7 om ' ; -2- infer--or openly say--about me? I need not tell you that cries of "police state" are rampant in thig digquieted land (Mr. Lester Maddox, for example, of Atlanta, Georgia, regtaurant fame (or infamy depending upon your philogophy) ig quite acquain- | ted with the "police gate" concept, I would imagine,ag are a hogt of other bug ine sgmer’ ~- amd gundry psople who have been "perguaded" to do the right thing" in the nome of equality-or-elge). Magses of individuals in this nation are frightened for the gake ' Of their jobs, families, and reputationg from speaking up...or, ag I pugpect with, my ; . Government friends, are fearful of being thought "guilty through &gg0ciation.,” ~- Well, I spoke up and have suffered the congequenceg. Quite pogsibly. the same - gick crowd which hag launched the "freedom now" campaign in Miggigsgippi--where the. | extcrtion letter originated--ig ‘Tregpongible for "gmearing "me. such pollyannza or —_ subvergive types will not be content witil they have elicited Federal occupation of ~ Miggissippi, and, in the inevitably tragic deyg ahead in that gtate, such may come se about. The "freedon" typeg can be expected to resort to many devioug techniques in expaning their equalitarian society efforts; in time extortion may be the legser of their devices. “ My "crime" ig not extortion but--to a very small degree--pointingly an accuging | - finger at thoge who would (and may) bring s0cial disaster to thig nation.. out of : hypocritical financial and political opportunism ag well as out of a whkarped equali- | : tarian philogophy which hag no bagig in fact to the philogophical foundetiong of thig country. ; ** Boo, I admittedly have left myself “wide-open” om occagion for "fagcigtic" and “anti-semitigm" charges by honegtly quegtioning the involverent of One-world-minded | Jewry and itg wealth connected with much of the propagandizing in the national | communication and education systemg. In thig respect, I would quegtion how many such one-world-Jewry-controlled publigherg have criticized, ag much ag they, dare, Director Hoover...one of the few remaining high individuals in government’ Whon loyal . and politically-informed Americang have any respect and confidence. No one 1g exempt | _ ‘ t from leftist smear. One either keepg gilent on what ig happening to hig country or elge rigksbeing branded an "extremist" or worge. Such accugationg gurely do not aid ° One--guch &g myg¢lf--in getting Federal employment. i | _ Finally, 2 things if I may: 1) I want to gee formal legal charges brought again. the pergon or pergong attempting (effectively till now) to dama me in the eyes of? the government; and 2) I-want any poggibly dubious. inginuationg or out-and-out ehat! made by Special Agents to friendg ‘and acquaintances clarified to the game, Thig ig | of course predicated on the ",mearer" being apprehended. I certainly wamt thig matte: "jf Cleared up in.go far ag I have been erroneougly and maliciougly involved; Ido not | - - |; want -guch.a dagtard:charge-ag extortion—in any governhent or police record of miié go’. ~ ag to hinder my being employed by the Federal Government. For the record, I do not belong to any political group--"extremist" or otherwige | For the record, I would have it known that I have had anonynoug individualg gend: me “] UNgolidited Right-Wing literature mogt of which appeared innoculoug. And, lastly, I ; Hai MQUIA have it. mown .that I gtill. have the highest regpect for the Federal. Bureau of ~"Y Invegtigation and will do all that I can to. assist it on thig extortion charge pend in: againgt me. ; ‘: Sincerely, £70 P. S. I apologize again for the type of thig letter,
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