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SUBJECT: MOVEMENT AND PRESENT LOCATION OF MEMORABILIA

REMOVED FROM OFFICE OF FORMER DIREC~ J. E. HOOVER

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PURPOSE: '!'o a.d11ise of the c~;;;;rt_--~t;t°us ofilie Department's

efforts to dispose of the late Director's personal memorabilia,

presently being stored in the Hoover Building.

DETAILS: On 11/22/77, inquiry was made with Miss Sarah G.~il;ox, Ci~l . .Pivisi.Qil.L -~par_1=~e!lt of Justi_~ to determine the current

status of our request for~---aepartment's assistance in disposing

of Mr. Hoover's personal memorabilia. Miss Wilcox advised that

nothing had been resolved, but since no one appeared willing to

claim the memorabilia, she felt it might qualify as •abandoned

property.• However, she advised that before the Government could

dispose of such property, the executor of the Tolson estate would

have to renounce all interest in the property since it was his

duty to effect a final disposition. She noted that under a codicil

to the Tolson Will, the executor was given the right to dispose

of the memorabilia-with residuals, if any, passing to the Boys'

Clubs of America and the Damon Runyon Foundation. She advised

that she would correspond with the executor in an effort to deter-

mine whether he and the indicated residuary legatees intended

to waive their rights to the memorabilia. Miss Wilcox was advised

that an early resolution of this matter would be desirable in

view of the critical need for storage space in the Hoover Building.

letter which

on 12/1/77.

12/5/77, Miss Wilcox provided a copy of the attached

she directed to the executor==£ the Tolson ':state

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Re: Eetate of Clyde A. ,..,lM>n, Dec .. ..s

Dear :.Ir • Monll. >

Aa wu nave pravioualy infonied you. cartaia property

locatetl in Uw office. of the late J. Jtd9ar Boo....r which .,.. packed and atored in boze• in a atorarocm of the Pederal

Uureau of Investigation follovinq Mr. Roover•a death apf!arna

to oo personal in nature and va• t.be J>9rllOll&l propertJ of

Hr. uoover. l'.nventori•• of tbe COAt.enU of t.MM boa- wen

aent to you in O.c91ber 1'''·

As au.ch, under t:be prOYiaion• of Hr. ~er•• will, ti.

r>roperty paaaed to Hr. 'l'Olaon upon Mr. Hoo"9r'• Cleath. l1pOD

•tr. Tolaon•• death, it bee•- a part of hia .. tate aall

paalKtd under hi• will.

tO:ler 0 of the Second COdicil of ?1r. '!'Ol90lll'a will, it

pa.a....e.o l\U executor in trust for tbe Plll:"N>.. of HlNti119 tho-~ which should Ile iut.alled in "the J. ld9ar 1roove:1· ll\iJn the n- FDI buildi1l9.· sxcept. Ear Uio .. it..-, aJW, whioh t!Mt executor tlbould ..iece, t:llie Pl'O-

pert.J: pear. to have pa•aed ulllder t.be r-id.aarJ' olaaM to

the ao,. cl•• of Merica and t.he Oimo.D llmlYoO rrror1al hllil4

tor c..:er .. ..arch • ....

•:ne executor ha• made no offer of any of t.htt rro~y

to tt.o Governaent for t.he •tatecl purpoao. Mol"llO'ler, Uaere

is no J. Edgar Uoover ~ooa J.n the new FBI tiuildiD9 and it u

our \lnderat.Andinq that no.. ia cont-plated. We are 1nfonl94

that the PBI baa already aocepted all ifOOYar ....-abilia

which can be &ooo&l'INIOd•t.ed in tbe ~ -..orial area oa t:M

Tour .Route. 'l'heretor11, lt la not. anticipated that tbe

Gover1...ment would a<:capt any of the (.lroperty with t.htt .Uted

condition attached, ffen if off.red by ti. executor.

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!-'r. Hohr ••executor of Mr. Tolaon'• eetate •1• not makinq

clai.Mt for any of the propurty." It doe• not appear that

auch a renunciation relieve• tba executor from the duty of

attempting to diatribute the property in accordance vith the

prc,-,ri:ion: cf the will to t!le r~ lc;=.tec=.

rt it is the intention ot tbe executor and the reaid-

uary lt"tqateea to abandon tn. property, pl•••• provide 88

with appropriate evi'1ence of the ia~t of ~ -.olltar &D4

the residuary bauef iciariea to do ao. ln that event, the

property would be diapoaad of by the GovernJ:\ent under pro-

cedures nonially followed for di•po-l of abandoned property.

~he oropcrty has occupied needed atoraqe llP&ce for ll0&'9

than four yeara, and ti'MI FBI cuetodian• viah to diepo .. of

it •• aoon aa po••ibl•. Pl•••• let ue bear froa you u to

what diapoaition of the 11&tter t:he executor i• prepared to

take.

Very t.ruly youra,

BAJUlAll ALLE?ll l!IABCOCJt

Aa•iatant Attorney Oeaeral

Civil Divialon ·

By:

Stuart E. Schiffer

Chief, CCllllJllercial Liti9atiOD ~ion

CCI Mr. Jame• Durkin

Internal Revenue Service

1201 F Street, Roolll 1015

Waahinqton, D.C. 2022'

Mr. Loe }t. Cuick

Federal lll1reau of Inveatiqation

,T. I:dgar lloover lluildinq,

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SUBJECT:

J. W. O'ROlJR}{F.

MOVEMENT AND PRESENT LOCATION OF

MEMORABILIA REMOVED FROM OFFICE OF

FORMER DIRECTOR J. E. HOOVER /

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In co1U1ection with an inquiry in captioned matter conducted by

the former Inspection Division, there are maintained in the space of the

Office of Inspections, Planning and Inspection Division, numerous tickler

copies of correspondence, principally FD-302s, and other miscellanews

notes and data relating to that inquiry. Also included are the originals of

a number of FD-302s reporting results of interviews conducted by members

of the Inspection Staff in 9-10/76. The captioned inquiry concerns the need

for a judgment as to the final disposition of the memorabilia. This judgment

is pending with the Department and is being followed by the Printing and

Space Management Section, .Administrative Services Division, which has

been designated custodian of the material pending final determination.

n should be noted that this memorandum pertains to, and the

enclosures contain, material of a sensitive and personal nature and is

earmarked for fi 1 ing in 67-561 which is the personnel file for the late

Director Hoover. ,i : r.'1 ~:;r-

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Re: Movement and Present I...ocation of

Memorabilia Removed from Office of

Former Director J. E. Hoover

2. Also included among the material to be filed are originals

or copies of material which was previously disseminated ootside the

Bureau -- see Bufile 67-561-406 and 407; however, copies of the material

were not then placed in file with the yellows of the outgoing communications

as they should have been. This memorandum rectifies that situation.

3. Tickler copies of other materials and other misc~ous

notes -- duplicative and/or of no discernible value -- are being destroyed.

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BUREAU PROPERTY MAINTAINED AT RESIDE~ ' . '

OF FORMER FBI DIRECTO J: ~AR BOO~ · _

Reference ls e to ~versatlona with 10ll

concerning captioned matt •

The purpose of this communlcatloo la to advise that the

following items were picked up from the former residence of J. Edgar

Hoover on Aprll 14, 1977, and returned to FBI control:

'1 Filing CablDets

3 Typewriters

1 stenographer's Desa with Attachment

1 ste."lographer's Chair

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l Desk Lamp with Pen

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. -: i ; ~ There were DD papers contained in any of~ material which

• 1 . ::::i. wa picked up. Mr. John P. Mohr, former Assistant to the Director and

I !°..I.~::;;~:::1~:~· i~l::i;::!J = ~e=:!!11:r ~:e the . I · ... ___ .ca;~;an•nets had been the personal lnvestmeot records of the late Director

and displayed to the Agents present several of the file Jackets wbJc;h were ·

confirmed by the Agents to pertain to lnvestment ~~rds.bl-l /'-td~ _ ::>/ ~ REG- ,1.u;; - ,-,,~ --;) A;;;:::;-..-.::= One of my Assistants telepbonfcally advised ll.tc. J;~~.,,'f.1 ~ •

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!ttorney Ge;;r;} ;{d' ;o~;ei;ti;;;, thevfiie ~;;.J;~;ts~;e{;;;;dic,-b,

John P. Mohr now at the Hoover residence. You informed me that lt

bad been agreed between the Attorney General and you that these cabinets

would be obtained and subsequently taken to the U. S. Department of

Justice Building and thereafter inventoried by SA Paul V. Daly and

Departmental Attorney steven Blackhurst of the Department's Office

of Professional Responsibility. It was anticipated that one six-drawer

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FBI.

A review was made of documents concerning an inquiry into

the disposition of files maintained at the office of former Director J. Edgar

Hoover and, particularly, a memorandum dated 7/3fl5 captioned, ''Inquiry

into Disposition of Files Maintained in the Office of Former Director

J. Edgar Hoover." This document contains information relative to file

cabinets at the Hoover residence as well as material allegedly contained

therein. '

I met with Attorney General Bell and Departmental Attorneys

Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., and steven Blackhurst at 6:15 p.m., 4./13/Tl,

and explained the nature of John P. Mohr's call to Mr. McDermott as well

as the general background concerning this matter. The Attorney General

read the memorandum of 7/3fl5 referred to above and stated be understood

L'ie situation.

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Re: FILE CABINETS AT HOOVER RESIDENCE

The Attorney General agreed that these file cabinets would be -

picked up by SA James P. :t'iynn and others and brought to .i''liIHQ. Iii the

event these cabinets contained any documents, it was agreed that Depart-

mental Attorney Steven Blackhurst and SA Paul V. Daly would be immediately

contacted so that the cabinets could be taken to the Justice Department and,

thereafter, the material inventoried by them. The Attorney General under-

stood that in all likelibood there would be no documents in these file cabinets

• and that this was generally understood at the time of Mr. Mohr's telephone

call to Mr. McDermott.

On the morning of 4/14/17, John P. Mohr telephoned Assistant

Director Bassett and requested that SA Flynn meet him at the Hoover residence

at 11:00 a. m., 4/14/17, for fhe purpose of picking up the file cabinets.

Assistant Director· Bassett m\de arrangements to pick up the file cabinets

and contacted Departmental Attorney Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., as to the

course of action to be taken.

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former Assistant to the Director, now Executor of the Clyde A. Tolson

estate, that 17 items of Bureau property were available for return to the

FBI, the following individuals proceeded to the former residence of the

late Director, to inventory the items and effect the return:

SA James P. Flynn

SA Robert P. Keehan

Mr. Robert B. Marsden

Mr. Jesse T. Peterson, Jr.

Mr. Louis Brown, Jr.

The items listed below were situated in a basement recreatton

room of the residence. All the cabinets were empty. Mr. Mohr commented

that the contents of these cabinets had been the personal investment records

of the late Director which were removed and boxed by him. n was noted that

approximately 15 boxes were stacked in the room and several of the file

jackets displayed by Mr. _¥<>Jir _conta\K41 inJEt!ibnenj records. r

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The 1'1 items were loaded on a rented Ryder truck (the Bureau

truck that would ordinarily be used was in repair) and returned to FBIHQ.

A receipt, prepared by Mr. Mohr, was signed by SA P4'1m, -an11·acopj of

same (attached) was made by SA Keehan. lli!._i.) .::t Iii ml · _

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Re: Return of Bureau Property

From Residence cf Former

Director J. &!gar Hoover

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The items obtained are summarized as follows:

'l - filing cab~ts

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1 - stenographer's chair

1 - wood cabinet

1 - typewriter stand

1 - desk lamp with pen

1 - desk extension table

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ADDENDUM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR H. N. BASSETT 4/14/'l'l HNB:nls

I orally advised you of the foregoing and in response to my question

as to whether the foregoing material should be immediately placed in inventory,

you advised in the affirmative, but only after a photograph is taken of the entire

composite group. This has been done. ·

Per prior agreement, I also telephonically contacted Michael E.

Shaheen, Jr. , Office of Professional Responsibility, Department of Justice,

and advised him that the 1 'l items had been obtained and there were no papers

or documents contained therein. I also told him that Mr. Mohr had shown the

Agents samples of the material which bad been contained in the file cabinets and

that it solely involved investment records of Mr. Hoover. Mr. Shaheen advised

that it probably would be well to confirm this in writing to the Attorney General

in view of his interest in the matter and I mentioned that certainly the Bureau

bad no objection In doing so but that I was sure he could understand a reluctance

to generate a lot of paper on a matter that had no substance but could be miscon-

strued by someone who did not know the circumstances. Mr. Shaheen readily

agreed to this and suggested that perhaps the Director could orally advise the

Attorney General of the outcome of the matter and that perhaps this would suffice

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FEBllUABY 11, 1943

lllr. l\IF.Ao introduced the following- bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on the J udicia.ry

ABILL

To authorize the presentation of a medal of honor to J. Edgar

Hoover.

1 Be ii enncled by !he Senate and /louse of Representa-

'> Jive.• of tlic United 8tafr.- of America ·in Congress {l,/j8l'1nbled,

3 'l'hut the President is autlwrizt•d to cause 11 medal of honor

4 of appropriate design to be prepared and presented to

5 J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

6 gation, who, by his untiring devotion to duty and with the

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8 11pprt'l1rnded and took into custody numerous enemy agentit,

9 saboteurs, and fifth columnists during the month of June

10 1942, thereby affording great protection to his country and

11 its citizen8 and effecting a telling blow in the prosecution of

12 the war.

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To 1mtborize the presentation of a medal of honor to J. Edgar

Hoover.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of tlie United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the President is authorized to present, in the name of

4 Congress, an appropriate medal of honor to J. Edgar

5 Hoover, Director of the Federal :Bureau of Investigation, in -

6 recognition of the untiring devotion to duty by J. Edgar

7 Hoover, and the officers and public servants acting under

8 his direction, who collaborated in the apprehension of nu-

9 mcrous enemy agents, saboteurs, and fifth columnists during

10 the month of June 1942, thereby affording great protection

11 to his country and its citizens and effecting a telling blow

12 in the prosecution of the war.

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TH.£ ASSISTAHl 50UCITOI GENUUJ.

January 19, 1943

MEJJOOANDUll TO W. J. EDGAR HOOVER

FROM1

SUBJECT1

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to J. Edgd Jloover.

Here is the copy of the bill which

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78TH CONGHESS

} &1' :0:. t~R~ll>N S.357

IN TIIE SEN.ATE OF THE lTKITED STATES

ABILL

'l'o 11uthorize the prescutation of a medal of honor to J. Edgar

Hoover.

1 Be it e11acted by the Senate and lloust~ of Rfpresenla-

:! tires of tlir United 8tali's of America in Congress assembled,

:} That thr Prrsitlrnt is uutliorizrd to prrsent, in the name of

J Coug:rrss, a mrdnl of honor to .T. Edgar Hoover, Director

.'i of tlir }'rdPrn I Burt•au of Im·estigation, who, by his untiriijg

6 d<>votiou to duty and with the assistance of the office

7 employees of such Bureau, apprehended and took

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8 custody numrrous enemy agents, saboteurs, and fifth

!I umnists during the month of June 1942, thereby affording

10 great protection to his country and its citizens and effecting

11 a telling Llow iu the prosecution of the war.

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~MORANDUM FOR MH. TOI.SON

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' , Ile: Medal of Honor to J. llii:;ar Hoover

Attached her:eto is a copy of the bill introduced by

Senator Mewl to authorize the presentation of a medal of honor

t::> J. l!.dgar Hoover. The bill, S. 357, was r,ferred to the

Co~ni ttee on the Judiciary,

Like the bills introduced in the House by Mr. Walter

and Mr. Dickstein, this bill would authorize the President,

in the nal.'le of Congress, to present a medal of honor to

J. Ed.car Hoover for his untirine devotion to duty in the

ap,,r3h~nsion of the Nazi saboteurs last June.

The bill will be closely followed and further action

•lill be brought to your immediate attenti'n.

Attachment

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

United States Department of Justice

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

For inclusion in the fund to be paid to the widow or designated

benef.ciary of any Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,

United Sto.tes Department of Justice, who has contributed to this fund sub-

sequent to September 4, 1942, and who dies from any cause except self-

destruction while employed as a Special Agent, I am forwarding herewith

(by CHECK ·MONEY ORDER) the sum of five dollars (15), made payable to

the Chief Clerk of said Bureau, to be included in said fund. Payment

wi 11 be made for death by self-destruction after the Agent has been a

member of tbe fund fo1· two years. It is understood and agreed that the

sum tendered herewith is a voluntary, gratuitous contribution to said fund,

which I unders~and is to be administered in the following manner:

Tlle Director of the llureau will appoint a committee which shall

cons1de1 all matters pertaining to the acquisition, aafa keeping, and ex~

pendin;; of ~aid fund, which committee will recommend appropriate action to

tbe Directo~ of the Bureau in pertinent matters. The Chief Clerk of said

Bureau shall receive all contributions and account for same to the Director.

Upon the death of any Special Agent, the appointed comm~tee will

consiuer the case and submit a recommendation to the Director as to its

conclusions. Appropriate instructions will then be issued to the Chief

Clerk, directing him to pay to the designated beneficiary the sum of 15,000.

The following person is hereby designaied as my beneficiary:

Relationship _________________ Dated September 101 1942.

Very truly yours,