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3 7 Mederat Bureau sf Investigation Pa oa Mrited States Bepartment st Justice — Rr “} Springfield, Tliincis Beptenber 24, 1945 PsastenmansiesassrnnerensiS eo eeenental &. Re; SOHN L. LEWIS, ETALs oo CIVIL RIGHTS & DOMESTIC VIGIEICE. Dear Sirs * é ra a * . te . ~ 7S, kaa ne Oa the morting of Beptember 25, 1948, Honorable HOWARD L. DOTIR, ° United States Attorney for the Southern Dietrict of Illinois, Springfiel4, Tllincis, called we to his office for a conference, at which time he fm TLlindies that he had not deen receiving any of the reports in Mie Oaks ane and did not know the status of the case at the present time, ané yet he . underetood through the Attorney General that he was to be in oharge of the prosecution of this case, should any prosecutive action be taken. Be further gnformed he bad been ealled to Washington for a oonference in this ease - gor the morning of September 25, 1943. , gg on . ‘ an a a eee 7 I informed Wr. DOYIZ that no eopies of the reports in this case ~~ had bees furnished to him pursuant to specific request of Mr. FRANK COLAMAN, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and thet Mr. COLEMAN had indicated be would have copies of the reports furnished t hin at_a la tee bat t Ke While in the office of Ir. DOYLE, he placed a long distance eat] Bs: to Mr. TOM CLARE, Assistant Attorney General, and asked Mr. CLARE 4f there -e wae sny reason why he could not have copies of reports in this ofise, wher ; upon Mr. CLARK asked Mr. DOYLE'S permission to talk to me on the phone is . ‘CC Mr. DOYLE'S office. 1% conversed with Mr. CLARE telephonically and he re- Bie quested copies of all reporte be furnished to Mr. DOYLE so that he could . become familiar with the facts in this case. 1 informed Mr. CLARK tint he ehould confirm his desire in this regard with the Bureau in Washington order thet the reporte could be gade available to Mr. DOYLE and he stated ~~. he would handle this mtter with the Bureau personally. . * ~, - qbile talking with Mr, CLARK be suggested that & request might | be directed to the Bureau for the Bureau to re-investigute the facts de- * voloped by the Treasury Department, particularly the accounting phases of 4 the investigation. He said be desired that the case be an FSI all 3% _OORDED ras RL2 4 JAN 10 1962 eon F are - : ate, ee -2a't ad ~ . we