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Herbert Clark Hoover, who has known less amiable Congresses, got a present from Capitol Hill to mark his 75th birthday this week. Both Houses unanimously passed a resolution thanking the former President for his "devoted service to his country and to the world...
First Pinch. Hoover had long since won over most of his earlier detractors. Even the local cops, who had once resented the G-men's headline-grabbing talents, were boosters now. The last time Congress even questioned an FBI appropriation was in 1936, when Tennessee's querulous Senator Kenneth McKellar wanted to know why G-man Hoover wasn't out risking his own neck. Hoover had to admit that he had never personally made a pinch...
Boiling mad, he returned to his office and demanded the latest reports on Alvin Karpis, the last of the Barker gang. Then he flew down to New Orleans, personally led the raiding squad into Karpis' hideout. Since then no one has ever questioned either Hoover's courage or his budget...
Witch Hunt? Sometimes, caught up as he is now in the pursuit of private beliefs, and the difficult measurements of loyalty, G-man Hoover looks like a man who longs for the simple combat of gangster days, when a criminal could sometimes be flushed out into the open and caught with a gun in his hand, instead of a lie on his tongue. But, conscientious cop and efficient public servant that he is, J. Edgar Hoover regards his new mission, and the attacks he receives because of it, as part of his job. He knows that he cannot afford...
Except for the Communists in Foley Square, most of the U.S. seemed inclined to agree. As long as the U.S. felt the need to keep G-man Hoover checking up on its fellow citizens, the uneasy feeling was bound to persist. But without the assurance of the FBI's eternal vigilance, the U.S. might feel uneasier still...