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“Bueatag fylletin,g called fram Philadelphia end BAT s OM Fovenber 16, 1939 ome cena! _ 7s : . “ TMP et tig eam OD mee Am Specs TER wae * wea g BPO - fing - 8:25 ile mh s Ree ca “tg Me bane Be A see Ee ey ESD gel oe Ta Cor Le FRE Sigg Dts Cala ee i, 2 rr ats a _ tals. gt Sit gt AO Re i) ir, Ceorge Leitzer, Managing Sdtter ef th vised by the ewitohbeard operator that you werd net avai a and aeking to speck to one of the Asstatants,/ waa referres to _ uso Mr, Seltver, who was in a very bombast’ mood, etatéd tact “they” mere getttao amfully sore at all af Ahe DemocrAtfe-. | 3 polttictans giving out all of ¢he news taPegreon gadtilien .. ; whtle the reat of the country goss ar ghting J of "het atufs* whtoh Aas no substance fo ft, Te wae obytowws | thet ir. Seltzer was referring to the Aearecn and Allgn atory | appeartng tn thts morntag’a Fashington Herald tadicating that .°. .. fm G4 the Attorney Ceneral had oduteed Pearson and Allen that Capone was being reivased from the Lewtaburg Penttenttary at 7300 de Me this morning and would be transported to a aanitartum, WMre Seleser continued by quoting porttens ef the etory appearing = — tn the Pecreon and Allen arttole and steted that as uewal the 8 8 = = afftotals of the penitentiary ot Leméaburg are cottnag like | typteal "Federal dopee" and appesr te be in a tronee. Mr, ' Seltwer stated that news {a mews and that tf tt te‘gotag te ic be bandied on he beste of Denscratse pol ss r) ks _ usletin wou tke to Fnow ° ‘yp: RECORDLD @ INDEXED =|. 62— 9 / 23 -}] re Seltzer’s deltvery and bleod. prdgsure Su BP HRE AR oy raptdly and I interposed at tAia potat @ vigorous Brose ayes | agatnst hia charging the FAI with any partidtpatioN (ta Bbte 33 sttuation, J told Mr. Seltzer that seither the Direoter oe the Bureau nor any ether Bureau representati d gap | Td SEE information whatsoever concerning Capone's present wherea — Ata place af release or the date af hia rglease, TF -ezplat to Lr, Seltzer that Capome had been ta the cua ia - Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice during the entire pertod of Ate tnoarceration and that the Bureau af ~~’ _ Prteone operated as an tndependent agency within the Departnent | of Juatice over which the Federal Bureay of Iavestigation had abeclutely no control, I explained to Mre Seltwer that the < — Bureau did not know now and had not krow for a considerable . pertod of time where Capone wos held, from what potnt he would be released or when he woulc be released. Ure Seltger appeared somewhat eurprtised at this and tngutred whether or not {tt was not true that FBI Agents were serving oe cuarda to remove 78