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ia ey nd ial aaa eyo ee a ae Ta | a1 tet S; oo. ee ae tie Malad CD ernones vam wo. 10 { ( Q ween ‘gdINITED STATES GOVEXNMENT \ Persons —— Callahan Memorandum slat Rewos TO Mr. DeLoach DATE: 12-16-60 tee W.C. Sullivan . Tele. Room —_. N ARTICLE IN THE JANUARY, 1961, f MAN TE WHO CLEANED UP THE ‘30'S" of (* often! FROM SUBJECT: ee ne IBY ALJSILVERM/ the can captioned magazine contains a “‘l-page article re Mel rvis and his exploits while a Special Agent in the Bureau. The only reference to the author, Al Silverman, on the basis of information known about him, is one mention that he edited a manuscript for "Saga"' magazine in 1956 which was ‘published unde r the title "The Case History of a Turncoat."* This article was actually written by Irving Wallace and dealt with the story of an American soldier who was converted to communism when captured during the Korean War. Silverman's name was carried as co-author only because he edited the original writing of Wallace. (100-404372-182) The article in " Pageant” is similar to many previous stories written about Purvis and gives much more credit to his participation in the Dillinger and “Pretty Boy" Floyd cases than actual facts warrant. The author is very sympathet to Purvis throughout the article and leaves the definite impression that it was throu the organization, ability and brainwork of Purvis that the gangster era in the early "30's was brought to a close. It was stated that no satisfactory reason was given for Purvis’ resignation from the FBI although there were rumors that he had an argument with the Director and that he was upset because steps were not taken to prevent the deportation of Anna Sage who had originally reported that Dillinger was going to attend a theater on the night he was killed. The article quotes Purvis afte: his resignation was announced as saying, "Frankly, I'm glad to get out of here." And Silverman states that Purvis was mad about Pometnine ff V4 q - S F2¢ . The last portion of the article deals with Puryis' activities, after be left the Bureau up until his death on 2-29-60. Silverman attempts fo create the | impression that Purvis did not kill himself and that his death was She result of an accident. SOF el i There would appear to be no purpose in writing iting Sil man to point? out the inaccuracies in his article as he has obviously obtained previous stories written on Purvis and any letter would onl