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ty COPY ~ RH SHY January £24, 1935. MEMORANDUM FOR MR. TAMMY I telephoned Mr. Ladd at the Chieago Office and told him that I was very much concerned over the complaints which had been coming in, even before yesterday, from the other Chicago newspapers relative to the Chicago American and the stories their reporters get the "scoops" on. I stated that theChicago American had the wrong "scoop" yesterday; that the other Chicago papers quote me as saying that there wasn't any truth in the article in the Chicago American; and that these papers quote him, Mr. Ladd, as saying he had never heard anything about the metter, and that Bolton had not been questioned about the oo Valentine's Day Massacree Mr. Ladd advised me that the Chicago papers cuoted him es saying that we had no statement, cral or written, from Polton concerning the Massacre case, which was the statement he, -ir. Ladd, had made to the papers. T inquired if Bolton had been -uestioned concerning the and ii. Ladd said that he was not questicned directly begauae they were anxious to get other informetion from him; that he was only asked if he knew anythi:g about it and he replied that he did not, that he had nothing Yorn: | BSBaCre ORIG y, Tory .. to do with it. I remarked that the thing which hed been causing me concern for some time was the thcught that there might be a "leak" sorewhere in the Chicago Office; that I had this morning received some very reliable infcrmaticn, however, that the Chicago smerican has seven wire tappers who are tapping and that the Chicago smericen had had our wires tapped. telephone wires; and t I suggested to Mr. Ladd that he check on this engle imiediately through some man in the hiecego Office who was efficient alons that line. Mr. Ladd stated that agen€ 7. 1. Madala was the only man they had who could handle the matter, put that he was out on an assignment with Mr. Connelley at the he could get the Telephone Company to e¢teck present time; that, however, on it for us. I stated thet he could have the Telephone Company check on it first, then, and wren “>. Madala returned he was to re-chec!’ on it. cr. [s Er. Ladd stzted that he did not think thet anyoné.f9 Peres ‘tqard crrice 0 was "talking" or giving out any inform.tion. [I suszeved that it mifht be a RECORDED . 4