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‘@ € wget 3° July 14, 1956 Honorable Edmund c. Brown Attorney General y ny 2 State of California / 600 State Building , San Francisco 2, California My dear Mr. Attorney General: Your letter of July 5, 1956, has been received, and I deeply appreciate the interest prompting you to communicate with me in this regard and to bring your observations on this subject to my attention. While I assure you of my great interest in this problem, I must advise that since this is a matter of a legislative nature, a policy of lo ng standing precludes my commenting upon it. You will, I am sure, understand my position in this regard. I am happy to enclose, however, a copy of Report 8 Number 2576, United States House of Representatives, concerning 2 og amendment of Title 18, United States Code, to authorize the enforcement” = . of state statutes prescribing criminal penalties for subversive activitiest* You will note on pages four and five a copy of a letter dated May 25, 1956, from the Deputy Attorney Gener al to Honorable Emanuel Celler setting= out the views of the Department of Justice on this subject. om COMM - FBI | JUL 46 1956 Sincerely yours, | MAILED 19 Mohr Yr LAND ghne — hoy. Tamm . . Sizeo CC - San Fran isco, c of inwming interrowd __ ae i Tele. Room —~ (See NOTE plext page)