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Memorandum to Mr. Tolson from L. B. Nichols RE: SENATOR ALBERT GORE ]}e2ere -mentioned wild accusations and the Senator said he hada very flagrant case in mind that a ve ry reliable source gave him. DeLoach asked for facts, II The Senator said he had forgotten the facts of the case, as well as the names involved, He was asked if he could Produce them, The Senator then replied that he felt it unnecessary to produce any facts concerning this case to the FBI, He was then advised that common decency would Seem to indicate that if he Were going to make such accusations that he would Produce facts to back up his statements, The Senator then sidestepped the issue by going off on another -tangent that the FBI should be an agency of evaluation; that we should not furnish that applicant's or subject's father or mother; that this was merely another instance of guilt by @8sociation, DeLoach told the Senator that obviously he knew very little about the FBI's activities. It was Promptly indicated to the Senator that we are not an evaluation agency; that we look into all matters thoroughly when called upon, and that we disseminated information to authorized authorities, The Senator was queried as to whether he would want to hire a clerk in his and refer the results of our investigation to either the Prosecutive authorities or to authorized Federal agencies, It was once again emphasized that we are not an agency of evaluation and that Congress had not intended for the FBI to be an agency of evaluation, Jz rumor-mongering and gossip, but that we thoroughly investigate matters evaluating information received as a result of investigations, He said that ,RO Tepresentative of the FBI could deny that we did not try to be an evaluating ‘ -{{ agency at times, He Stated that Mr, Hoover most certainly evaluated the Harry Dexter White “case when he appeared before the Jenner Committee, and that he certainly thought that the FBI overstepped its boundaries on that