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ee en wt Memorandum to Mr. Belmont RE: TRAVEL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [friendly and well known to SAC Milnes of whom they spoke most highly. I was invited to attend the luncheon given for the Attorney Genera! on the Fair Grounds and visited with United States District Judge Powell of the Eastern District of Washington. He is a relatively new appointee to the bench but spoke in most favorable terms as far as the FBI is concerned. The Attorney General had a press conference and was, as has been previously reported by teletype, asked about the derogatory remarks concerning the Director and the FBI which had been made at the Western States Democratic Conference by W. H. Ferry, Vice President of the Fund for the Republic. The Attorney Genera] had been fully briefed concerning these slanderous remarks and he was thus prepared for the question. The Attorney General left for the Olympic Peninsula for his vacation and I returned to Washington. There was limited contact with FBI personnel as the Attorney General did not ask us to provide him with any transportation. SAC Milnes was with me on two occasions and had the opportunity of chatting briefly with the Attorney General. His conversations related to over-all conditions in the Pacific Northwest and the Attorney General asked no questions about FBI operations in Seattle. It is noted the Attorney General has previously visited our San Francisco Office. He told SAC Milnes he hoped to be able to visit the Seattle Office on some future trip but that his schedule was too crowded on this occasion. This trip has differed from previous ones made by the Attorney General in that it was a combination business-pleasure one. As a consequence, he did not devote long hours well into the evening handling business but restricted his activities. Even so he couldn't get any place on time, even i his speeches. This seems to be a deliberate strategy on his part to provide for a dramatic entrance. yr