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...more untouchable than Eliot Ness, more famous than Dick Tracy, and more widely respected in his job than just about anybody. John Edgar Hoover, 69, has been head of the FBI so long that people forget he could have been replaced by any incoming Administration. Last week he completed 40 years in the post, and Lyndon Johnson weighed in with his own endorsement. Next New Year's Day the top lawman will reach the compulsory retirement age of 70. "I know you wouldn't think of breaking the law," said L.B.J. So to offset the requirement, the President...
...demonstrated against plans to integrate New York public schools), Homeowner's Groups, Detroit, Michigan, (obtained 44,000 signatures against an open-occupancy law), the California Real Estate Association (against housing law.) In addition, conservatives have increased accusations against alleged Communists in civil rights organizations, e.g. J. Edgar Hoover's remarks about the New York City stall-in. Finally, there would seem to be a direct relationship between the rise in the number of Negroes killed and the amount of Negro property destroyed and accelerated Negro demands. The net result is a growing white counter-revolution which is able...
...between Government and business. After the speech, Harvey Aluminum President Lawrence Harvey said: "This signals a new attitude on the part of bureaucrats-business is your friend, work with it." Businessmen believe that Johnson thinks the way they think, point out that he is the first President since Herbert Hoover to have had successful business experience. Says Boston's Eli Goldston, president of Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates: "He's a good model of today's professional business manager...
...concerned. We are convinced they are not arbitrary. In our judgment our decision was the only one responsible people could make." Dominy's-and Udall's-position was that the "Law of the River" permits them to draw on Lake Powell's water when Hoover Dam's supply runs short. In the end, Dominy assured the commission that his agency would consider arranging with private power companies to make up for Hoover's deficiencies, in which case the gates could be closed again at Glen Canyon...
Meanwhile, the plug will stay pulled, until next month at least, when Udall will study the newest spring water runoff figures. If he decides that Hoover still needs additional power, and if private groups cannot take on the job, the Upper Basin gates will stay open and Glen Canyon will go down the drain...