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a Ener Send Bee er care el EE nated ridden apie ee el a Eat att el pie ene of ep STATES DEPARTMENT ok justice FEDERAL BUR F INVESTIGATION MLL INFORMATION CONTALNED HEREIN JS UNCLASSIFIED In Reply, Please Refer to _- g — EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN File Neo. New York, New York orgerwisz . October 15, 1963 Fr, _— CON! ANTAL Communist Party, United States of America (CPUSA) Negro Question Communist Influence in Racial Matters Interna Security - ¢C NY 100-151548 On October 12, 1963, a confidential source, who has furnished reliable information in the past, furnished information which indicated that on that date Clarence Jones was in contact with Stanley Levison, Jones sata@ in regard to the copy- right suit that he had been offered approximately $15,000 in settlemerit from Twentieth Century Fox. Jones stated that he would like to see the $15,000 plus any royalties go to King. Levison agreed with this point.df view. Levison said that the way he always presented the matter to King was to tell him that there are @i& ways in which he, King, can make money for his living and these are his speaking engagements and his writing. Jones stated that King is afraid that people will say that he brought the suit in order to make money and he said that he thinks King could actually use the money. Levison said that King will have to stop being so ultra- sensitive because people are taking advantage of him, (It is to be noted that Clarence Jones, an attorney, is handling a legal matter for Martin Luther King involving the copyrights of a speech which King gave on ‘August 28, 1963, in Washington, D,C,, on the occasion of the March on Washington, ) 4 SHRPET G Excludaf from automatic downgfa¥ing and decflassi¥ication This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to “ your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agenoy, A/e LUNA UAR cose at. BE 6 165k Lcxca PEASON-FCIM iI, it a Dake OF RECIFE * (0-15 Sr eee! : a ; eee Sens Cee a He ORR a ae STE et ere a tag Spa TTS we