Word: hooverizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite Mr. Hoover's letter, the CRIMSON stands by its two stories on FBI activity at Yale. The following paragraph by paragraph analysis of Mr. Hoover's letter shows wherein we believe Mr. Hoover errs...
...Hoover has absolutely no basis for attacking the second statement. The names of the frightened and suspicious young men were omitted to protect them. Since Mr. Hoover does not know who they are, how can he claim to know their suspicions...
Paragraph 6: Since Mr. Hoover has declined to name these individuals or to state in what manner they were misquoted, his statement cannot be answered...
Paragraph 7: Mr. Hoover here refers to the Cohen case, the one case in which FBI interference could not be proved. In his entire letter he never mentions the other two cases reported, in each of which FBI involvement was definitely stated. In the Cohen case, all the evidence did, and still does point to the FBI. A New Haven FBI spokesman himself said that he knew of no organization besides the FBI which could have made the secret report on Mr. Cohen. The only further evidence we could possibly obtain would be either confessions by FBI agents that they...
Paragraph 8: Mr. Hoover's first statement here was neither mentioned nor implied in either of the articles. As for his second statement, even if Mr. Hoover could disprove any part of the two articles, the prevalent fear at Yale would still indicate that the FBI is influencing academic and political activities...