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: Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT i FROM A. nosex Key : MELVIN ronaceAnvis . | is Resse a - : SPECIAL INQUIRY : SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY “ome Reference is nade to memorandum to the Director dated iia, September 4, 1959, attached, recommending that an investigation be conducted of captioned person, a former Bureau Agent who resigned -:. in 1935. Results of inquirtes are summarized in the enclosed oe} a \. memorandun. -- re a’ FEN oe Current inquiries reveal that Purvi worked for approximately . two years as an attorney in San Francisco, California, after his XY resignation. Theo he returned to his home town, Florence, “South Carolina, where he founded and publischec a daily newspaper, \ "The Florence Evening Star," for appruximate), two year». In 1941 he joined with one Martin Schnibben as a partner in the vwnership SEA yin MR Tn font chert ges yall mY aud operat.on of Nadiv Station WOLS Shortly thercafter he entered ™ \Q the United State... Aru. as a Captain “ane -erveu With the Judge Advocate a General's Cffice as a cotenel befor. te... releacedc free active duty ar ny S in April, 1.45. (‘ie then returcsed tu Flure we, South Ca: lina, and z bouvht out Schai:ven, sec cmine so0ie owier wf had i Sta’ on OLS, $. which statu %e hetds at prese.c. Fro. : vl tu Iho he erved as z. YN chief counsel for the Su ocemaittee on Manpower Pulicies, Post Office tr Ky and Civil Service Comactts. of ‘he laited State. Senate. Since aa July 29, 1959, he ia- Veen seri. as ch.ef course) for the Subcommittee tr on Improvement:; 22 Judicial Macernery, Committee o the Judiciary - + of the United States Senate. THEY — 5,7 nm dugust $F, Ged, rrecdor oe. Ctdeon, we GOD a-picturef2, actor, teit:fied vefure the Subcom. tiee of tie Special Committee brs on Un~American Activitic: of the "louse of Represeatatives, seated” at Los Angeles, California. ie testified that he had met velvia Eyre in San Francisco shortly after Purvis left the FBI. He said he asd —-. 7 oar t* wn, _ 8 Purvis dined tocether and the discussion came around to the wat be. Pee of what line of work Purvis would go into. March recalled that be ee y. attempted tu persuade Purvis to investigate the Tom Mooney case, pointin, out that it was an example of a grave miscarriage of. Justice. Purvis saiu ne w thinking of going with Universal Mctures and <x 4 perhaps to star/<An a wotion picture. He asked. March what he. thou he should askAor as a salary for such . one’s March told hia t — Aa AAA 8 8 OE prith his ike should receive between $20,000 and $25,000 yX \. nn a4 ae REC. 13 PVG; gov \. mo OCT 21) 1959 NO 3 | ¢ | ENCLOSURE, | SERA oe i gree “ CG he 3 Fos ovo ty ame “ey . © a Cmapsses oy 4 ip een meres