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any ; \ : pinrcren July 18, 1946 . GLYDE TOLSON . 5 "~-" ealled S&C Hood with further reference te hta dts- cussten with Mr, Tomm yesterday relative to the Walter rae ttem referring to the fact that a racketeer was ferstng o Les Angeles newspaper man out of hie interests ta g@ hotel. J pointed out to hin that we could neither censor or censure Finchell for any of Ats itema as colunniata are net tn the habit of checking with us for accoracy of any tnformatton they plan to use. I cited to Atm the fact that Drew Pefraon hes bape & great amount of naterial concerning the Chicago and Las Vegas eltugtion and that he, of course, ts familiar with the fact that the -tafernant wnt to Pearson before he cane to the Bureau and, conse- quently, Pearson hes practically all of the actertal in the mather Gad aay, of course, be the sone source of information. I told him, 9 further, that since the tnformatton tn question came to the Fureau Aw euep a technical aurvetllance tt doubtless could have reached Vinchel - fPem any one of a number of sources. NN . Mr. Hood stated he did not want to be misunderstood in the sttuation; that he thought the reactions of the Agents and the in- ~ Jformoata should be relayed to the Sureau. He stated that what . éteturbed both the informants and the Agents was the fact that x Ftachell in giving out the information prefaced the statement by Femorking that the “FBI in Los Angeles knows all about", following Utth the story. He stated that the informants were sonewhat reluctan ' pe talk further tn thie matt 0 ton which they tmpirte He stated the in- ¥ have to reassured each time they are talked with that Se the Bureau i8 concerned what they say will not be given te Gb Dress sources, and hts only purpose tn communtcating with the muretw was to point out the reactions as they haue come to him. RECORDED COPY FILED IN“, £ @lm pointed out to Mr. Hood that Winchell does not check his “NS @ith us and that he has taken the position that tf he did noay/ " would be denied and he would be unable te use then. Kood a wal’ Knew thts to be a fact because he hws seen any number of ; \ ed which were incorrect and knows thot tf t had been Hi ENP@ \otth the Bureau they could have been stoppg®. It wae agata 4 BAPE put te Mr. Hood that stace the particnlags 1 Jon 0g. 98/2 {> t of a technical survetliance any one “* Es hvolveg i ‘ on the source of the taformatton wh was used. . gt rn : c eT FONE : yf A G2- PISTP-12/