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Melvin Belli — Part 9

40 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 15, 1960 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Melvin Belli · 40 pages OCR'd
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5 " Jones to-DeLoach (continned) - 7 fos, i > ll by form and we would have no record of it. This is an approved procedure bs is a.matter in another agency's jurisdiction, With regard to Belli, we Fa 4 Nic difficulty with him in the past.. In 1947, he charged that FBI Agents wer 5 arassing his clients and he wag accused by an insufance company of unethi ‘6 mY practices in scliciting clients. in -941, he sent greetings to the Soviet Unicp support of the Red Army's struggle deainst Nazi, Germany. 3 “8 the proseciuic: of 12 communist “leade OA a 20,4 | es une, 19 >3 3}: rancisco in his home, Tn 1951, his name appeared on the letterhead of the : 4 = MY ‘yalties. Against ‘te: . Oaths. for. the Bar" which group opposed the require a3 4 25 w+ that candidate. lor e2mission to the Bar and members of the California Bar oe 26Aea loyalty oath. iy oo. , Herbert R Resner, an admitted former member of th af oo j}Communist Peri and for ner atterney for the Party, was associated with Bi, - ot so =-¥In 1959, Belli x re veive. motorie ey tor defending racketeer Mickey Cohen ani avd 20 claimed that Belli was . Oing iv dcie 1d stripteaser Candy Barr, a girlfrieni® ie EH WO iCohen's. In addition ts ‘his, Beli has pulled such 2nethical tricks as in ‘Aug Est, i 2:6 f1959, when he introc: : ved West. coast mobsicrs Mickey Cohen at a seminar or, decal ; tactics during th e Ane?) ican Bar Association Convention. Cohen was intro@ited as ily " ‘Professor C'Brien,* an expert on tax evesion and other criminal cases. ‘iis | ‘Director has stated thet our San Francisco Office should keep alert for any violations of Jaw by Belli’as kis record is questionable, 7 a come wre wee tae ce mee ie... RECOMMEND! ATION: | 7 / | ‘y th - ‘“- For information,
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