Word: hoover
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Edgar Hoover tenders his resignation to President Nixon, commenting with disgust, "the President has exterminated one third of the human race, without consulting...
...Concerning your interview with J. Edgar Hoover [Dec. 14], Mr. Hoover is unquestionably a man of great talent, and probably this country's most singularly effective law officer. He seems, though, like a number of other recent and present public servants, to be seriously out of touch with many creative and constructive social (and political) values held by an increasing number of thoughtful Americans, and thus with these people themselves. True, his grasp of law-enforcement techniques and their generally fair means of application is admirable...
...Hoover should retire, with full honors for a job well done...
...EDGAR HOOVER Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington...
...Senate conference on Capitol Hill to patch up differences in the bills passed by each house, early-bird pickets were appearing only a few blocks away at Washington's Union Station, the final House vote interrupted an impassioned if irrelevant time-filling defense of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover by Lawrence Hogan, a Maryland Republican. The act was not signed by the President until two hours after the 12:01 a.m. Thursday deadline. Later, in nearby Chevy Chase, Md., U.S. District Court Judge John H. Pratt was rousted out of bed; still in his pajamas, he signed...