FBI file: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), Part 03

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Some are interested in law enforcement, if you have any data, photos, and booklets we sure would place them in our science library for the young people to research into. I also wonder if you could place our Society on your mailing list for the FBI monthly bullitin, it would keep us posted in laws, and such articles as the one Mr. Hoover wrote. I can proudly say we citizen here in La Porte, Indiana do not have subverse acts, marches, or draft card burning, oh I don't say there is a bunch of angels, we do have petit thief and other mischievous acts, but there is always it seems a few bad apples in a barrel, most that do happen are from out of town, but we have a wonderful Sheriff, and City police department. In other words this society acts as intermediary between the renown scientists, government officials, corporations because texts books cannot be printed fast enough to keep up with this ever changing scientific world of various events. We act as a school away from the school, and have created much interest among the young people, and also the adults and school teachers are interested in our library. Each member donates their own time and money to maintain this society and it is my job to see that no member that carry one of our I.D. cards are or have been subversive, that we will not tolerate. course we haven't come across any as yet—hope never, but if we do, out they go, and names turned over to our law officers that are on the staff. We believe in Justice, Law of the land, freedom, and the rights of man. I am writing to your because it was you that answered my last letter when Mr. Hoover was absence, and I hope you could ask him to write in person, because a personal letter as the youth's look at it, is the same as if he was speaking to them in person. Strange way for the young people to look at it that way, but I found it so with the letters and data I received from many top scientists and experts which the young people read, even many of the adults think that way, course as I say, many leaders of science are very busy and cannot answer all and ever letter they receive, but I reprint them in our simple mimeograph and photo-copier publication which we mail out bi-monthly to every member. We do not have an elaborate cover and printing but being non-profit and all donated with time etc, it has proven that to keep many people posted of what is going on within this world and within this society our simple publication does the work just as good as a fancy cover or printing, our publication is designed and made by hand and yet serves its purpose. Hope to hear from you and Mr. Hoover and our staff members, and I mean everyone takes our hats off to one of the best Lawmen in the world, we all know he has a great responsibility and this is not for flattery but we are all sincere in these remarks.

Sincerely yours,

Jerry F. Koch

Harry F. Koch

P.S. If Mr. Hoover would drop a short remark of our thoughts about our feelings toward the following lawmen it would be very much appreciated. Clifford D. Arnold, Sheriff La Porte, County La Porte Indiana. Richard Lewis, Sgt. Indiana State Police, Dunes Park Station, Chesterton, Indiana. Russell Greenwell Jr. Chief of Police Hopkinsville, Kentucky. None of our law men get complements for the work they do. And even give their life for law and order.