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FS PORN INO. 10 @ 301-106 s R01. may teen Y é . ; . . ; Oba Gen. wee. HO. 27 ‘~. | Sees UNITTD STATES GOVERNMENT . vos « Bis . . Caspar 7 ~ Memorandum eS Felt ‘ Gale TO: Mr. Bishop, 6 DATE: 6/24/69 Sullivan . . Tave , Trotter ' e on eof. Tele. Room 4“ oo a an OE gs FROM . M. / Aw, beta} “ ee ee ei Holmes ae : ~ . _ Gondy . i, . ocr CT 2367 Spon INFORMATION CONCERNING © O¢ yi A newspaper column critical of the FBI in connection with o Inc investioation of Martin Luther King has been sent to the Director by one emails Accompanying the newspaper column is a brief note fro which states, "I expect to_see your response to this column, and have asked m senators to insist on it. i bears no return address, and the post mark on the envelope is not legible. et \ The newspaper column which was Sent to the Director bears the by-line of Mike Royko; however, neither the name of the newspaper nor the date on which the column was published is indicated. In the column, Royko chims that about four years ago a former FBI Agent told him that during a trip to Washington he (the former Agent) had been briefed by the Director regarding "the contents of the (Martin Luther) King file." Royko then implies that the information which the Director disclosed to the former Agent about King "was plain old mud-slinging, ona level with the lowest scandal magazines and transom-peeking publications." Royko concludes, ‘If that's what Dr. King’s file was used for, then I'll gladly second (Carl) Rowan's suggestion that Hoover be replaced." Royko does not name the former FBI Agent to whom he- INFORMATION IN BUFILES NEN BUTTLED | + ———_————— Bufiles reflect that Mike*Royko is a columnist for the "Chicago S Daily News.."" On December 24, 1964, he wrote what apparently was intended to be a humorous satire on an open house held in the press room of the new Federal Building in Chicago which Stated, in part, 'Reporters, judges, FBI men, governme prosecutors, private attorneys and assorted federal officials were standing around drinking, bragging and fibbing to each other." SAC M. W. Johnson immediately contacted the Executive Editor of the "Chicago Daily News"and protested that this was a complete fabrication and unscrupulous reporting. In subsequent editions of £ the December 24, 1964, issue of the newspaper, all reference to the FBI was E deleted from Royko's column. At the time of this incident, SAC Johnson observed: \ that Royko "is the type of writer who never has a good word to say about an-body © o 7 —_— 1 ! po or anyone: ny REC GA 3 1 - Mr. DeLoach JUN PD 1569 : 1 - Mr. Bishop ” 80%0° CONTINUED - OVERT® JUN 26 - : . 39 bt obs: ane "Tt ono