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WFO 161-2419 SEURET stated that the appointee has been on the verge on many occasions of resigning from the partnership at the request of Mr. JOHNSON because Mr. JOHNSON realizes b7D the tremendous capabilities of the appointee in being one of the leading attorneys in this country. b6é b7C b6 stated that his association with the appointee is very close and that they have travelled around the world on a number of occasions, visited in each others b7D homes numerous times each month, and that he has never seen the appointee drink excessively and in fact, would state that the appointee is a man who drinks to a very slight degree, feeling that he wants his mind to be clear at all times. k6é [ __]snaicatea that there is no question IC whatsoever in Ss mind concerning the morals of the appointee, that his personal habits are above reproach, and that his ED character and reputation are unimpeachable. He stated that the appointee's loyalty to the country is beyond question and that his political beliefs are totally in accordance with our form of Government in our two-party system in our political way of life. bé Fy recommended the appointee highly for any pie position a e would be considered for and vouched very b7D highly for his integrity and the fact that any matter of a security nature could be entrusted to the appointee because discretion is his middle name. first met @ appointee in when bo were working for BIC the Securities and Exchange Commission. He stated that ve Mr. FORTAS left the Securities and Exchange Commission to continue working for the Government in other positions while pre climbing the ladder of success. He stated that Mr. FORTAS 7D was employed by the Department of the Interior as well as the Public Works Administration and was a member of the Legal Examiners attached to the Civil Service Commission as well as Acting General Counselor for the National Power Policy Commission while at the Department of the Interior. ee that his association with Mr. FORTAS continued even after the appointee had left the Securities and Exchange Commission and that in 1945 it was brought to his attention that Mr. FORTAS was attempting to establish a legal firm in the District of Columbia and he, therefore, was in contact with Mr. FORTAS and after a discussion agreed to. . °° become a partner in the firm of Arnold, Fortas, and Porter. 7D ke