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OPTIONAL FORM NO 10 aa 5010-106 a> mat 1962 EDITION GSA GEM REG NO 27 UNITED STATES GOV) NMENT Sepooch 7 Memorandum oe TO Mr. Bishop DATE 7-17-68 Le Wer LL INFORMATION CONT/ ED fo We ar 4 Tele Roor, FRoM = M. scdoge'V HEREIN IS wiySLASSh vey bic Holmes DATE 25 BY 4-204 fy | SUBJECT UEST FROM SENATOR STROM no ) .-MAURMONDIS (R - §.C,) OFFICE Ob ‘} la j y BACKGROUND: Ic } A eee assistant in Senator Strom Thurmond's Office, called Iate this morning (7-17-68). In connection wif#}the Cangressional hearing, now in progress, to consider Associate Tusticg Abe Fortas} nomi- nation as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Senator desiré e FBI | to affirm or refute the following information which had come to ion: - In 1965 then reportedly involved in an obscenity case prosecution, allegedly told bé FBI Agent Tthat in [1958, he had paid Fortas an S11, 000 fee we to obtain mailing privileges for gue" magazine. f° ic No commitments were made concerning this request from the Senator's Office. INFORMATION IN BUFILES: "Rogue" magazine is similar to the better known "Playboy ' magazine. It is a girly-type publication for men which specializes in photo- graphs of nude females and risque articles. It is published by the Greenleaf Publishing Company, Evanston, IlLlinois. investigation entitled Lica: al: During this interview] —si[stated that one of several law fi rys. = 1- Mr. DeLoach hos er [6] ~A8 60 rf 1 - Mr. Bishop ys 1- Mr. Gale 8 .. 8 1- Mr. Rosen HCsjar (9) "Wl, VW Bheig »~ (968 \ count ER a