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60-1.22 FURDRESS not seen her for ten or tweive years, and that GERTRUDE BLOOM was a niece of BUCHALTER'S through one of BUCHALTER'S father's previous marriages. She added that BUCHALTER'S father had been married three times, and that the family tree was all mixed up. An effort was made to have her go inte the family tree of the BUCHALTERS, but she stated that she could not because, after all, her relationship was simply through her sister's marriage, and th: few relatives she did know were only those she had met at her sister's hous: and many of these she had not seen for years. She reiterated that she sould, through some source, advise this office if she received any information concerning Subject, but that if her relatives ever found out, she could never forgive herself. LEAD NO. 93 CO The report of Special agent b ae Lake City, Utah. dated October 8, 8, reflects telephone calls madz by PHIL/REGaN and by a MR. FROST, probably FRatlk| FOSTER, from Reno, Nevada, to Los angelis. t STerling 2160, Pasadena, California, which was called, is the residence telephone number of PHIL REGAN, mentioned in this case as a friend of SIBGEL'S and "DOC' HARRIS, said number now having been changed to SYcamore 7-2160. On July 5, 1938, MRS. REGAN called 7331, exchange not given, to BENJAMIN LEVEN, New York Life Insurance Company, Hollywood. It was ascertained that HOllywood 7331 is the: number of the New York Life Insurance Company. The records of the Retail Merchants Credit Association show that BENJAMIN LEVEN has bezn employed by the above firm for six or seven years as a salesman having previously been in the Advertising Department of a Boston, Massachusetts, Sunday newspaper, and also for the HEARST papers , in San Francisco, California; and had been a member of an advertising firm in New York City in 1923. The file indicates that he was the leading insurances _writer for the country in 1936; and that in 1923 in San Francisco, California, he went through bankruptcy, listing $123,873.00 in debts and assets of $250.00. The confidential section of this report indicatcs that he was formerly the president of the Morosco Holding Company in New York City, and in 1925 was reputed to have been under Federal indictment for using the mails to defraud in connection with the above firm, wherein promotions resulted in a loss of $2, 500,000.00 to the stockholders.