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TOALYT, INTO" “ATION CONAN ans Bolo SUNSET LNG Hae faa ghuwN FR@Min ha SE oy att vA {. 7 Oa LUPTIOMAL 7ORa NO >O MAY 1962 EDITION Gta GEN REG. NO 27 5010-106 UNITED STATES GO. «RNMENT Memorandum SUBJECT ABE FORT ; SPECIAL INQUIRY f . f > ‘PURPOSE pot SE: lr purpose: /|] | BACKGROUND: by) \ 1 W. V. €levelan a Gele DATE November 19, 1964, :, ne Tolgon mont oht — DeLoach' Casper Caltahan Conrad Evans — -——___ ave} ——___ Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy -) To transmit summary memorandum regarding investigations “~ of Fortas to the White House, Fortas is an attorney with the firm of Arnold, Fortas and Porter in Washington, D. C., President Johnson. publicity in TT <1 has served in e Government wi Commission, and acts as an advisor to He and Clark Clifford were mentioned prominently in the press for allegedly attempting to stop any In the past Fortas the Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior and the Securities and Exchange né o7e We conducted an investigation in 1941 and 1942 under the Hatch Act and the results of that investigation are included in the summary memorandum, been a member of or associated with the Washington Committee for Democratic Action, American People's Mobilization, International Juridical Association, and the Southern Confererte / for-Human Welfare, All those organizations have either been | citéd by the House Committee on Un-American Activities or RN , designated under Executive Order 10450, Mr. Fortas has reportedly Mr. Fortas has been an agsogiate of Alger Hiss and represented Owen Lattimore, Edward Us ‘ Candon and Bobby Baker as their attorney. ww ~ Results of investigations were generally favorable and persons interviewed recommended Fortas as a loyal individual who possesses unquestioned character, associates, and reputation, and were high in their praise concerning Fortas'* URE; { Enclosure ENCLO, - Mr, Belmont a a | ag 5 ve ALIP 1tnana He withdrew as Baker's 4'7Y: . a +e ile bility. ne , Classified nape nbine