Word: hoovers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...longtime boss (38 years) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, John Edgar Hoover is a rare fixture in Government. He is serving under his sixth President, always gets the money he wants without a murmur from Congress, has built an international reputation as a G-man who rounds up Communists with the same efficiency that he tracks down criminals. But every so often, Hoover comes in for criticism-Nebraska's Senator George Norris once called him "the greatest hound for publicity on the American continent." And last week, out of a clear blue Democratic sky, came...
Poltergeist & Poppycock. "The legends," said Ferry, "shrink in the washing." But J. Edgar Hoover, "the indubitable mandarin of anti-Communism in the U.S.," is "as responsible as any person" for "keeping the Red poltergeist hovering in the national consciousness." Hoover's constant warnings against Soviet espionage in the U.S. are right off "an old line . . . and its success year after year is a tribute to the trance into which his sermons throw Americans, not excepting Congressmen. Mr. Hoover is, after all, our official spy swatter. In these persistent reports about espionage and sabotage, is he delicately telling us that...
...Next day Hoover's boss, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, answered Ferry. Said Kennedy: "A major reason for the numerical weakness and lack of broad influence of the Communist Party in the U.S. is the dedication and effort of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Those who dismiss the problem of Communist espionage perform a disservice to the nation. I also have said many times that I think those who see a Communist under every chair are similarly misled. I say to those on both extremes of this question: leave the job to the experts. Mr. Hoover is my expert...
...What do retired U.S. Presidents do?" asked a lady some years back. "Madam, we spend our time taking pills and dedi cating libraries," explained the most venerable expert on the subject, Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. President, as he helped the 33rd, Harry Truman, dedicate his presidential library at Independence...
Strauss enjoyed a personal triumph at the Paris Peace Conference. He drafted a letter that Hoover sent to President Wilson urging independence for Finland. When it was granted, the Finnish representative came by with tears in his eyes to thank the young Strauss...