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FD-302 (Rev. 1-28-60) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAT ‘N Date —_ 4fAlfel was advised a e no ve to e any 8 ement, that any statement he @id make could be used against him in a court of law, and that he had the right to an attorney. said ornia. e Ba that he and his co-workers have been discussing the public statements of STEVE ALLEN, with which they did not agree, and that they had decided to picket him when ALLEN was scheduled to give a talk at the Queen's Arms Restaurant in the San Fernando Valley. He said that their picketing was carried out in a peaceful manner, that the picketing caused no interference with ALLEN's speech, nor had they expected that it really would. He said that the purpose _of the picketing was merely to show STEVE ALLEN that not ‘everyone agreed with him, and the wish to "give him a little opposition", said that he had also gone with his rather to picket ALLEN when he had appeared at a Lo eles h » Where ALLEN was to address a meeting. it so happens he is a member of the 2 _ we of these picketings was organize and that in about two people that he recognized as es pay cee He said that in his opinion, the persons who were picketing ALLEN were all individuals acting on their own or in concert with a few other people who were there to express their opposition to ALLEN's views. said that although he does not agree with the views of STEVE ALLEN with regard to the international situation and the SANE group, which ALLEN is espousing, he nonetheless has a right to speak as he sees fit and certainly would not threaten him or feel that he should be threatened in any degree because of his views. He said that he has never written a letter of any kind to STEVE ALLEN, nor does he know of anyone else who has, beyond one individual who wrote to ALLEN requesti some of the literature bic - 32 - On 4/3/61 at California File # Los Angeles 942498 by SA SCM bis —_______. Date dictated TfL 61 : This document contains neither recommendations nor conclueions of the FBI. It ts the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; tt and Its contenta ore not lo be distributed outside your agency,