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ES ere MAME em EN I OAR a JOHK EDGAR HOOVER | iu ) ) DIRECTOR . 77 EAT CDW Aederal Buren of Investigation 41. S. Bepartment of Justice a ty Blasliington, B.C. , October 15, 1936. MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR Some days ago, United States Marshal of the Buprene Court of t Stetes called at the Washinzton Fiel ice and advised Mr. Keith c alleged irregularities on the part of a clerk of the Supreme Court ofthe d Steteg, » deavored to perfect some arrangement wi could presumably make money on e\decisions handed down by the Supreme Court. on was furnished to the Attorney General in a personal and confidential memorandum, with the request that the Bureau be advised if an investigation was authorized, it being noted that the Justices of the Supreme Court did not know of this occurrence. The Attorney General evidently referred the matter to Mr. Keenan, who in turn referred it to the Criminal Division, and Mr. McGuire of the Criminal Division called me about one o'clock today to advise that pursuant to a request from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to discuss this matter with someone who was familiar wit) the facts, he, McGuire, had gone to the Supreme Court this morning and laid the facts before Chief Justice Hughes, pointing out that he knew the facts only secondarily. McGuire said that upon his return to his own office, he found a note of a call from Chief Justice Hughes expressing a desire to discuss the matter further with someone intimately acquainted with the details. McGuire said he had Informed the Chief Justice that he, McGuire, would instruct the Special Agent who had initiated the investigation of this matter to report to the Supreme Court at 4:30 thia afternoon to discuss the matter further with the Chief Justice. I informed McGuire that the Bureau had not initiated any investigation into this matter since we were awaiting Departmental instructions; that conse— quently, there was no Agent available who was intimately in possession of all the facts. I told McGuire that it would appear the logical thing to have done in the beginning would be to have called upon the Director of the Bureau, or someone designated by him, to present the facts to the Chief Justice, and that since McGuire head already presented the facts to the Chief Justice and since the Bureau did not have authority to conduct any investi- gation, there would not appear to be anyone in the Bureau who could carry out McGuire's so-called "instructions" in this matter; that since he, McGuire, DESTROYED ee lo 2-4 LaAYO- ¥ COPIES INDEXED. ggoct 35 1964 A Pe OT 261938, 7 ww 4.