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; ortiowas tom no ar) fas 3010-106 a EF | MAY 1962 FOL ON me, i 4 : : GSA GEN. atc NO. 27 eo ‘e one soe Tolson UNITED STATES GOM@RNMENT ; _ DeLoach —, Memorandum an _ Felt Ai: - Gale > : { : . DATE: 2/26 68 . _ Rosen - 28 i i . -3uBjecT: MELVIN M, BELLI . Li -6 CRITICISM OF DIRECTOR _ ig AND FBI . . . a _ 20 | 21 cae cee BACKGROUND:. woes oe, tec Phe _ * ve Be RT ey aa a oyPluesteiga Ms 23 Our New Orleans Office advised that the 2/24/68 issue of “|! 4 the "Times-Picayune" newspaper in that City contains. an article based on * |, ,e an interview of Melvin Belli by Don Lewis. According to this article, Bellij =. 7 described the Director as "a fatuous old dictator" who "has set up a little =|2° i 1g _ |Storm troop empire." Belli continued, according to this article, by eed 29 .. {repeating a number of hackneyed and unsupported criticisms of the FBI. © 10 . as 1. Our New Orleans Office suggested that the Bureau might (fac 2 consider writing Don Lewis and setting him straight concerning the vicious 2 . : : 96 , iv charges made by Belli against the Director... £;/ 0 Sar: ma 16. INFORMATION IN BUFILES: DATE GF atl 2 oR eg - 1Bo-= Belli San Francisco attorney, is considered one of the . . | ‘9 most notorious charlatans of the legal profession. He feeds on publicity .”. _ ‘0 and has provoked much controversy by his repeated attacks against the re ‘3 FBI as well as a number of other. prominent national officials and institutions. /, hs 14 His criticisms, as reported by the "Times-Picayune" are ¢ _ 4 15. -\nothing but cheap, undocumented, slander against Mr. Hoover and the Bureau, 6 There is nothing new in this most recent attack which is simply a restatement oe i of wild allegations he has repeatedly made during the past several yearsto . -) any newspaper, radio or television outlet that would give him ience, ,7 |. 3 EXIOR op 8 ASE OBOE LL, 4 It will be recalled that BeNserved, for a time, defense" | 2 attorney for Jack Ruby who shot and killed assassin Lee Hary orchigal doe Be nae 3 This was strictly a grandstand performance which produced’ little toward “« ot pet the defense of his client. mo, co a —_ “1 = Mr, DeLoach ~ [NESE PN 1- Mr,. Bishop Nf CONTINUED - OVER