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- > Mr. Tolson DATs: March 30, 1953 892277 T called a... . told rim that we had ea perfect filustrat’on of the impact which an editorial cartoon carries, ; € I tren referrei to Gib Crockett's cartoon in the :-Jashineton Star, Starudev, Marrk 25, 1953. I tol cag I had hac three inoguiries tris omernine ine out of this cartoon; namely, as to woether or mot Mecertry ret his informatio ch was used to attachk Charles Bohle:. fram the FFT. I told that obviously McCarthy had not eetten ‘s information from the F& qT, but that certainly the eartcctm aoes carry ea snide implicetion in that McCarthy is depicted in tromt or the Lirector s Gesk as:ing if the Director hes anythine cn Teddy Avter, and an open file containing the name of Bohlen with me > sttesin. ourv of it is fust behind the Director. a . tated thet he was sure ne such implicetion wes in- t dec y thet. es a matter of fact, he knows t:.-* Crockatt knows, as wel? ec he, knCwS trat McCarthy dces not get anythinr from wre BLTs thet Me was vine to put across the absurdity that MeCartny ec ..2) Fe. anyuninr b “hevinc MceCart y ask if we hed anything cn Lady ab a To ourd. we..-: he mick. be correct tut that I fruess I “Pome. ve yo emart peceus: I coula ret tellow this line of reasoning, i, WHRMME -acec toast a cartoonist has quite a problem in sym- bolioin, ideas snd sometimes thev do get in trouble by their deli.erta: evepre stierc, Fe 's certain, however, thet Crockett has nothing but + feel’ og of aégmirat’ n for the Pureau as this has been evidenced on m.~™ercus occasions and converaations vith Crockett. f 4 told him tha. tere were other people who were givine tt eartocn an entirely cifferent interpretation, and that perhecs 6 to eyinwotries we were rettin- represented left-wing harassment; é le s, <het made the situation all the more difficult inssmuch ter hes & billing of being thorourhly Ameriecn j teted thet they do make mistakes, VUhat perhers 3078 Woo cenveyec, but tht he dees not believe i: is 5 tor us to pay much atteanticn to it. co =a Mr, denes iat 44339" $7 el Nak 2 uae Gg jor? _ i