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\o! L . ~ . . . . . . - . . . ae er ewe a eet vee Rel catye antesa nib TAKE |. STANDARD FORM NO. 5~ } . “ o. ‘ “Office Memorandum » UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + TO : (HE DIRECTOR a DATE: van cro : De Me LADD. we ws\i March 27% 1946 oo” Be i SUBJECT: RE: BDMUND GERALD BRO LY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Sen Frenctsco County Californte Miss Gancy, I tntervtewed Mr. Brown on Merch 27th_b office. He steted that he hed just telked to me with reference to the murder case involv reference from your in the He stated he thought he might heve interested the Department of Justice tn thts case tn that he thought he might have © matl fraud vtolati for the Post Office Department by reason of the fact that had. throuc the meil collected insurance on severel of his alleged victtmse . He steted that tt-did not appear there was eny violetton in whitch the FBI could esstst him inesmuch es none of the facts indicated « Federel violatton over which this Bureau had jurisdiction, end I egreed with IWMe . — ‘ He then dtscussed the untform crtme reports which he recetves from the fureau end states that these reports show. Sen Francisco to be one of the most crtme-ridden cittes tn the country. He wanted to know tf the FBI could meke « survey of Sen Franctsco to determine the cause of this. I advised him that thts would be without the jurtsdiction of the FBI end that, therefore, no assistance could be given to him by |the Bureaue He then stated he would try to have the Stete Department of Justice make such @ survey of hts citye He made no mention of poltce treining <= he did express, however, a desire to see sone of the factlities of the Bureeu in order thet he might know more about the FBI end accordingly I arrenged with Mr. Nichol: for «@ brtef tour for Mr. and Mre. Bron. Spectal agent qq» conducted thts tour which began et ebout 42:15 Pe Me I don't know the purpose of Brown's cell inasmuch e8 tt appeered to be solely e socitel vistt, although he probebly will ceptteltze politically in any subsequent canpatgn which he might wage for the office of Attorney General for the state of Caltfornte on the fact. he has conferred with the FBI on Norine problems". DML: DS