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Slee + ae ha a i adit el ala i ade tn LE a all OS Rael lal me Jones to DeLoach memor CONTACT WITH KENNEDY AS CHIEF COUNSEL OF MC CLELLAN COMMITTEE: =e In September, 1956, Kennedy and Senator John L: McClellan desired % consult with the Director to insure that the activities of their @ommittee which ‘was investigating labor racketeering did not interfere with any FBI investigations and so that the Bureau would know exactly what their Committee was planning to do. As previously noted, however, the meeting between the Director and Kennedy and McClellan did not take place. '(62- -98810-756) - On July 22, 1958, the Director informed Assistant Attorney General Malcom Anderson that the Bureau's relations with Kennedy and his Committee had been most cordial and that Kennedy and Senator McClellan had frequently stated that a considerable amount of their success had been due to material furnished by the Bureau to the Department for possible transmittal to Senator McClellan's Committee. Assistant Attorney General Anderson felt that relations with Kennedy had become less friendly. The Director pointed out that a number of memoranda prepared by the Bureau for Kennedy's Committee had not been cleared by the Department and that Kennedy's attitude possibly resulted because of the Department's refusal to accede to requests made by Kennedy's Committee for information. (62-98810-793) Qn September 14, 1958, comments made by Kennedy appeared in local newspapers to the effect that Kennedy's Committee had ceased to refer cases to the Department of Justice because no action had been taken in any case. Kennedy partially disclaimed these statements and the Department of Justice issued a press release quoting a letter to Kennedy by Assistant Attorney General Malcom Anderson setting forth cases being prosecuted by the Department based on information developed by his Committee's hearings. (77-51387) CONTACT DURING HOFFA CASE: Just prior to the arrest of James Riddle Hoffa, subject of the Bureau's Bribery and Obstruction of Justice--Conspiracy case, Kennedy expressed a desire to be present when Hoffa was arrested. He was not permitted to do so and following the arrest informed a representative of the Bureau that he then realized the rashness of such a request and hoped it would not be held against him. He commented most favorably upon the invaluable assistance afforded his Committee by the Bureau. (58- 4044-195) Following the acquittal of Hoffa in July, 1957, Kennedy informed a Bureau representative of how upset he was at the outcome of the trial and stated he felt the Bureau had done a superb job in investigating this case. (58-4044-795)