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(cepy~cmew) 1C . Sold narcotics to George and Gracie. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATICN WASHINCTON, D. C. EAT : COH . Time: 2:05 P.M. .- April 1, 1939, MEMORANDUM BOR THE DIRECTOR ' Cfae DIRECTOR Inspector Foxworth called and furnis ‘in ‘connection with} hed the following developments b7c,b7p ? nthe Jack Benny case; epas told Mr. Foxworth that he has been shaken do b7c Twelve Thousand dollars by Morris Rosen, Oscar Moore, these individuals having knowledge of fs) criminal record. ent to who runs a night club in [,7C New York City, and To he w Oing to stand. stiake-downs ‘and was going to report to the authorities. Ts: tee "Jo ar Hoover wer outsd sat at -h able and re ted to photograph from you Signed "To my frien CC oe he did nothing further and that he is afraid of .e quae.-: that Gracie Allen was just as guilty in the smuggling as George Burns; that in fact Gracie Allen jointly signed the checks with Burns; and that Mary Livingston is the real one involved in the Jack Benny case and that she had personally given h jewelry he was to bring over. George Burns, according to deducted from his income tax the amount he psid for the Jewelry. Also very one, that when the Customs officials raided Burns and Allen's apartment, ' certain narcotics were found, as been informed by an a individual, presently in the Fedér louse of Detention from Alcatraz, that both Burns and Allen use narcotics and that this is the reason Gracie wears long sleaves all the time. The individual claims he has » & well-known bondsman in the am ::: mentioned Southern” istrict, ‘and stated is supposed to be a contact man L7 é Wi) of Assistant U: Ss. Attorney’ Delaney. He also stat e had been. told | that if he tidde ‘certain payments CoD ccs ones in the Manton case) the ould ° care Oo 8 case for him, The payments were not e hed a falling-out with also furnished Mr. Foxworth informetion conce ey-off matters that 1s supposed to have originated but which did rot go throug, - Foxworth is to send the details of these to the Bureau, e The recordsin the Director's Office Reppectfully,: + vh was furnished E.A.TAMM, n4 autogrann most cordial regards from your friend."