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ath rN ED-204 (Tint 8-3-5900 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ALL T bet 115 TION cow, one Wiig £58,014 ED ARRWT Se SHury °°? | Copy to b7C Date Field Office FileNo: 161=2419 Bureau File No.: Title. ABE FPORTAS Character SPECIAL IMQUIRY Synopsis: Former associates at Department of the Interior commented favorably. Law practice with ARNOLD, FORTAS, and PORTER verified, and membership on White House committees verified. Acquaintances recommend. Satisfactory credit rating and no record police agencies. Committee on Admissions and Grievances files revealed grievance concerning article appearing in “Harper's Magazine" in 1951 concerning firm of ARNOLD, FORTAS, and PORTER considered but no action against firm justified. Admittance to practice before U. S. District Court, U. S. Supreme Court, and Federal Communications Commission verified. Bar Association memberships verified. Pertinent information from libraries of "Washington Star" and "Washington Daily News" set forth. Affiliations with National Lawyers Guild, Inter- national Juridical Association, and Southern Conference for Human Welfare set forth. FORTAS interviewed in 1949 re knowledge of ALGER HISS. vm LATTIMORE in 1950 (s) CSC nothing additional. u c Works nistration investi- gative files negative. -p- ENCLOSURES ae ed FoR Exhibit A * ently 8 on mo) yf Article entitled "ARNOLD, FORTAS, PORTER and Pros- perity” which appeared in the November, 1951, issue of "Harper's Magazine.” CF ET Exhibit B ‘ Nae | This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI It ia the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency, {t and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.