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OPTIONAL FORM NO 10 3010-106 UNITED STATES GC J.RNMENT i, ae Memorandum Be Contad } Felt J fo TO Mr. Gale \\' ae DATL 8/23/65 4p gSctivan ‘ ¢ ET J’ ed Tavel Trotter Tele Room FROM W. V. Clevelan J: y Holmes b7C Gandy SUBJECT abel voRTAS ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED b6 SPECIAL INQUIRY HEREIN 1S UNCLASSLFLED w7C EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN = PURPOSE: To recommend anformatiGh st essived fro conéerning Fortas be furnished the White House. able contact, whose identity he sed 7 to furnish, indicating Abe Fortas has been on a retainer from cyry | for several years, Eaton, a well-known Cleveland, purrs industrial st, has been a notorious apologist for the Soviet Union and critical of _the United States Government's policies. a b6 [ _ has been voluntarily furnishing ths Bureau unsolicited bIe information for several years concerning alleged security risks in the Government. Some of his information has proved to be_false b7D Fortas was the subject of a Hatch Act investigation in 1941 and 1942, We conducted a Special Inquiry concerning him for the White. House in October and November, 1964, and, at the request of the President, additional. inquiries to bring the investigation up to date were made in July, 19 On 8/11/65 the Senate confirmed the President's nomination of Fortas a associate justice of the Supreme Court, Fortas was reportedly a member of or associated with the Washington Committee for Democratic Action, the American: People’ S ‘Mobili - zation, the International Juridical Association and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, each of which has been cited by the House Committee on Un-American Actizities o or designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450. The Tou Belnnt Raf eae 2£60-S2- - Mr. DeLoach RECORDED - Mr, Sullivan Pe ve Mr. Wacks I D - OVER 2 SEP 16 1965 1 1 1 1 - Mr, Gale 1 1 i “3 - Mr. Cleveland -~ Mr. Auerswald ry aa caadth " — ty 5 5-2 TAP *