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ee ee ee a tam en a ine emer ee eS ) STANDARD FORM NO. 64 c Office Memorimdum en ¢ UNITED STA. sOVERNMENT : h TO MR, mioaoigo DATE: 3-24-50 FROM : ¥F. C. HOLLOMAN, tf) see “ ae Clee SUBJECT: ROBERT J Yiornrs Ghar ia wr AN - MichoLs , Roeen a Trey Y In regard to the letter from Senator Hickenlooper regarding the ene t proposed appointment of Robert J. Morris as Assistant Counsel to the Investi- .o a "| gation Committee, pursuant to your inetructions I called ASAC Whelan in New wo. .| york regarding Morris and he advised that he was a member of the Law Firm of oaw___ “ | Hochwaé, Morris and Richmond who have offices at 40 Exchange Piace, "ee York , City. He atated that Morris was a New York secretary of Congres ondert and GS ~ | vas formerly a secretary for Congresaman Coudert when Coudert was are or wat ‘which time he was engaged in Communist investigations. Morris was a Lieutenant Con- YU mander aseigned to the Third Navel District, O.N.I. aasigned to Comnist Investiga- _ tions during World War II. Whelan stated that Morris was a member of the "Anti {Communist Intelligencia" of New York. U N = Morris is personally known to Agent Sas... ¥F.B stated that Morris _ has alwaya been most cooperative with the Bureau and holds the F,5.1I. in highest steem. Whelan stated that no investigation had been made on Morris and there was thing derogatory concerning him in their files. y