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‘ : : | : Feb OM cpr TE I AMR Tee ~ : oa | tS" RECOMMENDATION: 1s) TOs Mr Nichols aF. ; . , + ay t tgp . Froms Me Ae Jones’ © a . ee ae me ; C: DATE? AQ! 44,2953 x Bub jects —- EARL QODWIN'S BROADCAST © mee _ JULY 2h, 1953 Lae oy 3. PURPOSE: 7 far To report reference to the bureau made by Godwin duri fe be his 6:15 P.M. broadcast on July 24,1953. ; { 2’ BACKGROUND: re re a ne _ ran Godwin, during his commentary, mentioned that there was a . oe . F “$8. statement in the Periscope Section of the current issue of Newsweek’ ‘yee magazine which claims that confidential PBI files kept turing up _ eo iSO an the hands of Senator*MoCarthy and that the White House was | de See -. Godwin commented that it sounded like somebody was trying °.- ve ge, BO stir up a fuss and noted that Periscope's soore on the FBI was |-- wg ™e” fantastically off in the past and they were way off this time. He ‘»- ] . gage BOD commented that John Edgar Hoover wouldn't turn over confidential “Ff paT files to the Bounding fathers of our republic except on higher {706 _ _ By authority and “even then I think he would fuss a bit. ay ee None. This is for your information. Cae : x *, came fa . 7 ae ’ 4 “i a: f.—_— ib NOT RECORDED * 135 JUL *+0 1953 | . 4 : : Q st —_ mae wey 7” ‘ oe Aa ; ¢ = 7 AUG 10 1959 “ i ae e . was on ea o* ~, _— - ae : —_— i. en _ —-_—— —_— a oe . rot a = aot . ars . Lo i ra Ca ra wo. : to ~. ay " , a eee ae ee oe . howe ate y, . und Te ome gf Ne cee pt ee ~: a nf PY oy SET ge AE A EE Teg EE a EER i EP ULL ae ae TTY