Word: hooverness
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...boss, Attorney General Jackson, had answered Senator Norris. Absolving himself from responsibility for the Detroit arrests (they had occurred during the Attorney Generalship of Frank Murphy; one of Jackson's first acts was to quash the indictments), and absolving Hoover from any misconduct, Jackson had written Senator Norris: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation will confine its activities to the investigation of violations of Federal Statutes. ... I have asked and been promised the continued and efficient service of Mr. Hoover...
Policeman Hoover has never been known to have had any woman-affair in New York City. A bachelor, he is seldom seen without a male companion, most frequently solemn-faced Clyde Tolson, his assistant. His reason: his dread that someone, some day, somewhere, will plant a naked woman in his path, try to frame...
...remained for the nation's No. i tattler, Friend Winchell, to reveal Policeman Hoover's only romance. Said Winchell: "The only girl he really adores and sends gifts to is a famous movie star who makes more in a fortnight than he does in a year...
...movie star who in turn adores and admires Policeman Hoover, and whose initials are S. T.: Shirley Temple...
...Asked Congress to appropriate $2,500 to bear the cost of a portrait of former President Herbert Hoover to hang in the White House...