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fe ee) a Stacia “7 NO. ” =. “UNITED STATES GC t: T (-Afemoran... alone pate: December 5, 1961 sullivan To ’ yy : Teer *mom fob oy 1 feed | Gandy SUBJECT VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CLEVE a *, Of particular interest in connection with the Attorn pages lige appearance before the National Conference of Christians and Jews at on Sunday, December 3, 1961, was the deliberate snubbing by Kennedy of State Attorney General McElroy of Ohio who was at the speaker's table, This banquet was attended by ali of the leading political figures in Ohio, including Governor Di Salle, Senator Lausche, Ray Miller, the Democratic leader, the Mayor of Cleveland, et cetera. ~~ i > < At the conclusion of the Attorney General's speech which was telecast, om he was talking with these political leaders. It was noted that when State Attorney General McElroy tried to approach the Attorney General, he deliberately turned away and ignored him. The Attorney General later indicated this was a deliberate —~ act on his part as he knew all about McElroy. ; y The Attorney General held meetings on Monday with the DU. 8. Attorneys from Cleveland, Detroit and Cincinnati. ‘The Attorney General, of coursa, has avoided going to Detroit as he doesn't want to accept service in the state case against him which James Hoffa of the Teamsters Union filed action a number of j years ago, The Attorney General's principal approach to the U. 8. Attorneys is that he wants action taken to handle old cases in the offices of the U. S, Attorney \ Uniformly, these concern Lands Division cases involving the condemnation of . property for Federal use. He promised the U. 8, Attorneys to send out Lands { Division representatives from Washington to assist where this was justified, (i bye In the meéting with Federal judges, I had the opportunity of conversing + at some length with Senior Judge Connell of the U. 8. District Court at Cleveland. The Judge was most complimentary of the Director and the Bureau. He recounted at some length the bank robbery case which he had recently tried. He said that he never ceased to be amazed by the effective testimony of FBI Special Agents and ° remarked that this could only be the result of extensive training. The Judge was informed that this was one of the many matters which the Director had insisted be { covered not only in the original training of Special Agents but in further trai | in the field offices. | A, ie “REC. w7/)- 5 ° =F /s a /~ “ \¥ oer, Mohr ~~ KOX & a3 DEC 28 alt I - Mr. Petoach Mg Ml % wry ~~ Uentcorpre COPY FILED IN wane as ns ue . so or] 5 Oe