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See rte Ee Le weet tee en Merorandus to Mr. Rosen 3 Kennedy comments, speaking about the Departaent, that the lack of action by the Justice Department was disappointing. [Be states some of the cases handled by the Department were lost | “through incompetence.” In this regard he cites that Senator McClellan, who was a witness at the perjury trial of James Cross (president of the Bakers Union, who was indicted for perjurious testimony before the Committee and acquitted) made no secret of the fact he was highly critical of the way Government attorneys presented the case, With respect to the Hoffa wire tapping case, which was tried in New York City, Kennedy claims Carmine Bellino, Committee investigator, had furnished the U, S. Attorney handling the case information as to Hoffa's whereabouts which was pertinent to the trial of the case. He states that he asked the U. 8S, Attorney after the trial why (with the help of Bellino's memorandum) he had mot been able to get his dates and places straight. The U. 8. Attorney allegedly made the admission that be had not read Bellino's penorandun. RECOMMENDATION: The above is furnished for informational purposes. a + » YY ®&