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~, es POLCT OFFICE BOX 812 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS April 6, 1935. “ . ' Director, é ie Federal Bureau of Investigation PERSONAL aND CONFICANTIAL : U.S. Derartnent of Justice, Pennsylvania Avanue at 9th St.N.¥., Sashineton, D.C. Dear Sir: Reference is mde to Bureau letters of February 13 and March ; - 30, 1955, referring to the source of the information upon which certain { newspaner articles were based, and possibly indicating that this infor- a ~ mation a5 to Bureau a: tivities thad been furnished to the press by _ ; sorieone at Chicago. I have given this matter considerable thoucht and attention ” ag well as makine certain discreet inquiry, and also by m kine what I belicve were tests, inferences wich rmi-ht land to someone vivine out this information, provided it wa anyone connected rith the OC icaros office, any in my oninion it is very doubtful that anybody at the Chicago apice is intentionally fur ishing any information which mircht reach theFnewspaoers. In most of the instances where stories have appeared, rhile wa have no definite information indicatin:: the source of these, it is . annarent that the informtion indicated could very well have been ob- ,7 tained from other sources or circumstances tama contact with sonebody Spe - eaesociatad with the office. The on'y matter which seems to be imnossible a of satisfactory explanation is the information which was given out ss — to the fact that Arthur Barker was held at the Chicago office, as to ~ which 1t is noted several daya after he was Held, the newsp ene-s made t. Sf inquiry and obtained copies of his Identification Order, and it is Po possible that they may have exhibited his picture in the neighborhood ue } in which the raids were conducted on the night of January 8, 1935, resul- ting in an identification to them by some person who knew of him having hean soprehended on the nirht of January 8th, or at least knew of hin having been & resident at 432 Surf Street, or a visitor at 3920 Pine ns Grove Avenue, Chi ° 7 ere enue, Chisago Lak~ DAO tel / RECORDED ; APR 17 1939 .. we ANDESTED bow & In </> Vv