Word: reportedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...image repairing to do at the house that J. Edgar Hoover built and ran for 48 years with a handful of longtime aides. New revelations about the director's imperial peccadilloes have emerged regularly since his death in 1972. Last week the Justice Department released a report that added more detail to the picture of petty privilege and cronyism at the FBI's top level during the Hoover reign...
...page report was prepared by Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, which was assigned to probe allegations of wrongdoing by high officials of the Hoover regime in 1976. The order was given by then Attorney General Edward Levi, after he concluded that the FBI's own investigation of the charges was a whitewash. Mostly, the report dwells on just how much Hoover, a stickler for rules as far as ordinary agents were concerned, could tolerate improper use of bureau resources by high officials-especially himself. In fact, much of the purpose of the FBI's exhibits section...
...shrubbery, built a deck in the rear of the house, a redwood fence, a flagstone court and sidewalks. They designed and constructed a power-operated window, reset clocks, polished metal, retouched wallpaper, provided firewood and rearranged furniture. "Employees were on call night and day for this work," notes the report; they "felt compelled to follow orders for fear of losing their jobs, or of arbitrary transfers or promotion delays...
...Washington press conference last week, the President said that he had discussed the report with N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director Benjamin Hooks; Carter admitted that he was "surprised" by the energy statement and that he disagreed "strongly" with its conclusions. Other pro-industry manifestoes may soon be issued by the N.A.A.C.P., whose top leaders concede that they have lost some of their old faith in Government as the primary catalyst for affirmative action. Says Denton Watson, the organization's acting public relations director: "The oldtime civil rights coalition is no longer useful for blacks. Our old liberal friends are more concerned...
...Government Accounting Office report in 1976 found that the U.S. Treasury Department, overseer of banking employment practices, had reviewed only one to two per cent of the 16,500 financial institutions required to comply with affirmative action regulations in the past ten years. In the case of those banks that were investigated and found "not in compliance," the Treasury had consistently failed to take action, relying simply on public relations and voluntary compliance...