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STANDARD FoR Wo, 4 . - Soe Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To : MR. HARBO pate: Feb. 24, 1953 J "FROM: De Je vazsors D ik ‘ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED sumect: TELEPHONE CALL From oFrics or ‘tL Mrauienlt Com SEVATOR ‘GORE (D), TENNESSEE Dine 9AVAd 1 b42 us fere|ah ALE] - ‘ My memorand 953, advised of the telephone call from in Senator Gore's office concerning a earing of @ disabled veteran's matter before a Regional Board in Tennessee, at which hearing hand- writing experts testified for the Veterans Administration. any The Director's notation inquired: "Just what handwriting ' ezperts did Ve. A. usep” | advised me that he did not know the identity of the handwriting erts and he was not sure they were Veterans—> ko Adninistratio, the letter which he had from the constituent, indicated they were employees of VA. Wedo & everans Administration has a laboratory Vor Sorts and has employed people as handwriting experts supposedly for the purpose of handling administrative matters within the be Veterans Administration. We have watched this carefully in order , { to insure that they were not used in matters investigated by the : Bureau. We have had no trouble in this respect, although we have P| had trouble with respect to the proper referral of investigations ™ within our jurisdiction. 00 .$ —— Two individuals are known by. us +8 not carried on the list of graduates since eauing the sheriff's office and going with the Veterans Adninistration, We know of i one instance in 1947 when he took annual leave from the VA to Pe testify as a private handwriting expert in North Carolina “The second individ by the VA as a handwrj EE CORNET TL om ae, ual known Although Senator Gore's office was not able to Jurnish the identity of the handuriting experts, we do know that the VA has i sed its own employees and specifically the two mentioned above for | matters of this kind. egy: ACTION: None, unless the Director desires ti an effort be me e : through other sources to establish the ident Gor egg ¥n, Meo this particular instance. REDORDED - 5° —=, — a , 4a 7 foe Ng bas _ FEB 271953 /rs DIP/ ek 09 { ec. * * 6 F=183302 4 V4 i AS ard ef 80-98-681 G : i