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5 ; ~ . oe ene ee a ne so Sec eret SORRY TORRE: ° . . La ake SCL EL ay oc Ser eons “ is ’ aw tele , ed * . Mohr - * Peni STATES GO*- a; (3 Catton ——— Tels. Rece v2 —.- ——_ RROM Cc. D. iy . ————— | sunject: JAMES WEST © | ; REQUEST FROM OFFICE OF | ‘tn vd CONGRESSMAN CHARLES A. VANIK (D-OHIO) sf . BACKGROUND: d, James West and 6 others were convicted in U. S. District Court, \ Cleveland. Ohio 1/29/58 of conspirin,, to defraud the U. 8. Government bv obtaining Cleveland, Ohio, 1/29/58 of conspirin defraud ernment by obtainin services of National Labor Relations I: oard through the use of false noncomnuunist +f ‘ affidavits and were sentenccd to 18 months and fined $2, 500 each. On 2/20/6) the i Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari and on 4/3/61 denied a petition \ for rehearing. West appeared at U. S. Marshal's Office, Cleveland, on 5/22/61 to begin his sentence and is incarcerated nn Federal Prison, Terre Haute, Indiana. . Today, Aurst ll, we received the following teletype from our * Cleveland Office: “Rodmiur: Douglas, /dministrative Assistant to Congressman Charles Rodmir Douglas, istrative Assistant to Congressman Vanik, calied at Cleveland Office today seeking genera] information concerning subject. Douglas stated that thru Welter Reuthcr the Congressman's office was informed of efforts to interest Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in aiding the subject in his present difficulty. Stated he had »+cviewed the court record in the West case for information of interest and was now seeking any other general information such as a criminal record which could be utilized by Mrs. Roosevelt in making her decision in the matter. Details West arrest record under FBI number 677864 7| showing West y arrest on 1/29/57 in the Taft Harley conspiracy case was furnished to him. Douglass indicated was planning to interview loc?! probation officer who interviewed West priog * to sentencing and will also request the Congressman's Washington office to contact Bureau today for any more current arrest information. Above for info." - a OPts ka rT°re tn. b2c At approximately 4 PM today, ED -«. 6332) in the office sman Vanik telephonically contactcd my office and spoke with SA Hanning. stated that the Congressn.in's Cleveland office had requested them to ovtain tne details of the arrest record of James West prior to his 1/28/57 arrest in the above-mentioned case. She stated she frankly did not know why they wanted it but it had something to do with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt who would be in Cleveland on Sunday, August 13, 196). Hanning advised her we would have to recontact her. — 1 - Mr. Belmont 162 . , ae wecte © cero © a. 1- Mr. Sullivan on Bb [y+ @ yt 1 - Mr. Jones . AL i iS q { (ay AUG 1S Wt ~~, «- ene ce A . ¥ PPO 8 ye et