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- 2 - The FCC then in a letter by Acting Chairman Paul A. Walker on December 2 disavowed Durr’s recent statement, indicating that Durr’s statement was made "on his own personal responsibility” and that he ”did not purport to be speak¬ ing for the Commission.” ”He has, himself, requested that we make this entirely clear to you,” Walker wrote on behalf of his fellow commissioners. FBI Resumes Sending Information to PCC Hoover’s office announced that the practice will be resumed in view of Walker’s remarks. The FBI defended the practice as a vital part of its job and said it had been invaluable to other government agencies, citing as an example the anonymous wartime letter accusing Major General Bennett E. Meyers of im¬ proper financial deals when he was Deputy Air Force Procurement Chief,' Hoover said the FBI ’’from time to time receives information that appears to be of interest to other federal agencies.” He emphasised that in forwarding it the FBI does not attempt to evaluate it or "make recommendations or decisions as to the actions if any, to be taken thereon.” Capeheart Aks Probe of Durr-FBI Dispute Senator Homer Capehart’s statement was reported as follows by the Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY: "Senator Homer Capehart (Indiana Republican) called for — and Commissioner Cliff Durr welcomed ~- a thorough investigation of the differences between Durr and the FBI, With the rest of the FCC attempting to remain neutral, Durr and FBI Director Hoover have engaged in a hitherto mild duel, which threatens to become more heated if it is fanned by hot breaths from Capitol Hill.” "The Country must be shocked as I am, by the brazen effort of Clifford J. Durr to sabotage the FBI in its lawful duty and responsibility to uncover Communists and other disloyal persons,’ said the Hoosier Senator, a wealthy radio manufacturer and currently a member of the powerful Senate Inter¬ state and Foreign Commerce Commission. Capehart then declared that the parti¬ cular information to which Durr referred as unsolicited from the FBI was actually sent over in response to a letter from Acting Chairman Charles Denny (since resign¬ ed) on November 27, 1946. ” Durr’s Reply Durr replied in a statement Friday afternoon that Capehart was not fully informed, since the Denny letter was written only after receipt of a letter from the FBI venturing the charge that certain individuals seeking a radio license were Communists or supporters of the Communist cause. This information v/as later referred to by Durr as "baseless gossip”, Capehart’s Rejoinder "There are many angles to this smelly case that remains to be- cleared up if the confidence of the people in the FCC is not to be seriously impaired,” Capehart declared, charging that notall members of the FCC were shown the FBI reports when they arrived and dihat inadequate efforts had been made to substan¬ tiate the reports. Points To Money Spent Abroad The Federal Government is spending billions to defeat Communism abroad, the Senator said, "and yet the evidence unfolds daily that, in our own Government, household Communists and their New Deal ’fellow travelers’ are being harbored