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ae a. a ee” wane r ee . Z! . ; ) , , . 3 ‘ .- ae Semone sane De . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT , -— ES IER .. |, Memorandum EE ane To : Mr. Rosen vat; March 4, 1960 veom . Ae Se uccrathy er oe _ I © __ROBERT *s BOOK SUBJECT: ae ENEKY WITHIN" Kennedy, the former chief counsel of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, bas authored a book which in the main is devoted to relating his experiences as chief counsel of the Committee, as well as those of the Committee members and investigators. He is most complimentary about the Director in the book; however, he is critical of the Department, The first part of his book, almost in its entirety, deals with the exposes of the graft, corruption and crookedness that have prevailed within the Teamsters Union. Kennedy recounts many Of his encounters with Jimmie Hoffa and goes into detail regarding the events leading up to Hoffa's arrest for bribery of John Cye Cheasty, Committee employee. The latter part of his book is devoted to resumes of the actual work of some of the investigators of the Committee in inquiring into other unions and organized crime generally. In his acknowledgments Keanedy makes special mention of the Director for the assistance and advice given to him, On another occasion in his book Kennedy makes the . statement that “during the whole life of the Comittee the advice and belp that J. Edgar Hoover gave to me personally and to the Committee were absolutely invaluable." -& - =m. On several occasions throughout his book Keasedy 1s ‘very ritical of the Department's handling of cases which arose, iduring the Committee's operations, E A &. a & = Wor iastance, relative to the bribery case agaiast Botte bere in the District, Kennedy relates that although he “ge Chvinced the FBI had Given the Government an aire tignt feo eredited Hoffa's Attal as beieg due te the effective ‘work’ ais Hoffa's attorney, vd Bennett Fi1liags, .torether Pith “cho Ohi te inet tortivaness CA, ne T3 Sy, ee ; % eter Tp eouts t ae me Oe es or a pas shoes i ~ ee, DeLnaty. a . ana os aor . | og em IMAR 8,15 | "go MAR 8 1960 = > mourns omen eeu { Me ha v ORIGINAL FILED IN ee eae