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...alternatives were to keep the seized ship at anchor (at a cost of $1,000 to $2,000 a day), or put up bond equal to its value. As a result, Burger is now running so many ships that, at Justice's staff luncheons, FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover calls him "Admiral." Moreover, he has obtained secret, sealed indictments against several of the principals for making false statements. The owners of the ships also stand to lose vast sums if the Meacham case runs against them. Hardest hit will be Niarchos, who has had eight tankers and five Liberties...
...Then Hoover had a cautious afterthought. "I am not passing on the technique of McCarthy's committee," he said, "or other Senate committees. That's the Senators' responsibility. But the investigative committees do a valuable...
...press conference last week, Attorney General Brownell, Hoover's boss, told reporters that the formal investigation of McCarthy's financial conduct was continuing-presumably under the guidance of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. Then a reporter asked him a question that fouled Brownell in his own syntax: "Do you think it appropriate for a member of the Justice Department to make a statement evaluating the character of a person whose affairs are under study in the department...
...said Brownell, after some hesitation. "If you mean Mr. Hoover, I have not read his statement . . . But the important thing here-I have such full confidence and admiration for J. Edgar Hoover-I would like to stress that whenever possible...
...Congress next year in 20 of the 38 districts that Dwight Eisenhower carried in 1952. Republican leaders realize that the conservative South offers a real potential, and the whole G.O.P. national machinery is determined to exploit the opportunities. The Republican Party talked about a two-party South after Herbert Hoover carried five Southern states in 1928, but failed to fellow up with concrete effort. If the G.O.P.'s current efforts continue to be successful, the new shoots in the old South may well grow into the biggest U.S. political development of the century...