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According to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, "Yablonski had been stalked and his residence cased on several occasions. Forcible entry was made into the Yablonski home, telephone wires were cut, and automobiles on the property were disabled." Yablonski's daughter Charlotte, 25, was shot first, as she slept, then Yablonski's wife Margaret, 57, then Yablonski himself as he lunged for his shotgun...
...Herbert Hoover: Probably "the most abused man in the U.S., without the power to turn on a cheerful smile, to give the glad hand or to make the humorous remark which means so much to a publicity-ridden country...
...where he determined what news was fit to print and how prominently. Among his books were An American Peace, which foreshadowed the Marshall Plan, and Without Fear or Favor, a classic study of big-city journalism. After retiring from the Times in 1951, he became co-author of The Hoover Report...
...chamber is more than plaques, scrolls and citations. There are photographs of all Roy's friends with autographs: Ronald Reagan in his Ten Gallon Hat sends his regards; best wishes from Everett Dirksen, J. Edgar Hoover, Cardinal Spellman, and Cardinal Cooke, and finally a photograph of Nixon and Roy at a banquet, Dick whispering paternal advice to Roy. (Nixon is presently trying to remove Morgenthau as District Attorney, astonishingly enough...
...F.B.I. had done some bugging to obtain evidence against Cohn, and I observed some wires running along the outside window sill. Hoping that at last I had gotten J. Edgar Hoover's ear, I delivered a subversive and anarchical speech to the empty room, while we were waiting for Roy to come down from the office...