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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 . £ Lay : Toison . UNITED STATES GOW™R.. .ENT Mohr 1 . yy Belmont ——____ : Callahan ———__— Memoranuum ——— - ny, ’ DeLoach = Ly 8 Aolone 4 TO . Mr. Mohr pate: March 31, 1961 « geven — i a wre Sullivan i ie Tele. Room FROM : J. F, Malorte ftom ———— i a a eo) f, | supyect: EDMUND "PAT" BROWN £ 7 vs — GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA INFORMATION CONCERNING a cad L At 3:10 P.M., today, SAC William Simon called to advise that he had cen a just received a call from SD Los Angeles County, and 7 GEE ivformed Simon that a UPI dispatch was just : released from Sacramento, California indicating that Governor Brown criticized law enforcement in Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles. Brown is | stated to have said , "A good job of law enforcement is not being done in the city and county of Los Angeles." Brown indicated that this did not include the chiefs of police in the cities surrounding Los Angeles but only the county areas. Brown added that the Chief of Police of Los Angeles has seen fit to criticize J. Edgar Hoover. "You will find J. Edgar Hoover agrees with me in regard to the quality of law enforcement in Los Angeles. '' SAC Simon indicated that he believes that this comment by Brown resulted from a feud which is developing between law enforcement in the Los Angeles area and Governor Brown. SAC Simon indicated that Brown recently commuts#ed the death sentence of Erwin M. Walker also known as "Machine Gun Walker", who was sentenced - to death for the murder of a highway patrolman in California. Several law enforcement officials from the area of Los Angeles one of whom wa Li criticéd Brown for the commutation. It is believed that Brown's statement as . \ol indicated above was the result of a criticism leveled at him by the law enforce- ment officers in the area of Los Angeles. SAC Simon asked what he should do in case the press called him. I advised him that he should make no comment but that it would be better for him to clear with Mr. DeLoach's Office. Mr. Wick, who is acting in the absence of Mr. DeLoach, advised that he instructed SAC Simon that in the event he receives any inquiry from any source whatsoever he is to say, "No comment," RECOMMENDATION: 7 cs 26° 1- Mr. DeLoach yp EN i] None. ...... Informative. . 4 4