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os ou» Se ee ae Ga.) recalls that King arranged for him to be in- terviewed by Levison before hiring bim as an SCLC aide in the early 1860s. When President Kennedy warned - King about the relationship with Levison ina White House Rose Garden conversation ib 1963, King assigned Young to find out from Justice Department officials the details of the “threat” which Levison was thought to pase. Despite the war- _ tings—which arose from FBI reports—neither senior for anyone else could produce any hard information against Levison, Young recalled. Kiag ; flatly disbelieved —_ the allegations, according to oung. °.*We knew what com- ’ gaunism was. There had never EET ee MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Fejected warning . Rep. Andrew Young” (D- J. EDGAR HOOVER o- bald out te “get” King _ “been anything in bis (Levison's) influence on the movement thal suggested sonything more radical than we were suggesting ourselves ... If anything, be was & conservative influence. He wan very cautious about becoming involved with the war in Vietnam, for exam- ple,” Young said. Levison said he refused on Fifth Amendment grounds to answer questions in a closed session of the Senate Interna] ' Security Committee in 1962. Levison said he did so because feared . the _—" at sestion—evidently based on his former business associate's amount to an atlack on King. tn fact, he said, King's name never came up al the hearing, which centered on the names > of New York enknown to him. A spok for the Senate commit eould find no record of . Levison hearing i asearchd! ~ ma oe é te lack eof began calling on Levison for advice again. According te Levison, King said the ’ ‘breaking off of relations hed femee Un omiztabn 9? . eu 8 Aneeese, lt & resumed relati with Levens is cee have been cited by the FBI rae Toes when it obtained approval eee ee ’ from Atlorney Genera F. Kennedy in October, 1963, - for wiretaps on King. The Senate intelligence commitice published documents iea to this conclusion, theugt Levison's name was deleted. - - Levison said he did a believe his own telephone been routinely tapped, nor the FB! ever interview him. “] was in the telephone book—both my business and fesidence. But nobody was sent to see me.” a, The New York attorney sald . Hoover was only interested in - —— me oe ee £2 hee ht. . King “You remember whee Hoover called Ki “a liar rather than Martin Luther + King," Levisondeclared © -