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me me meee eens em @ —. J. Edgar Hoover Refutes Brown (Continued from a-f3) and said that Los Angetes had submitted accurate fig- ures whereas New York. Chicazo and Detroit had nol.” he said. “1 don't think he knew what he was talk- ing about there either. “f can’t vouch for the com- plete accuracy of the figures for New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, or San Diego or San Francisco. I'm de- pending on the basic integ- rity of the chiefs of police. I think it’s wrong to assume that the chief of police. or police commissioner, of New York has given us phony Statistics.” Hoover said many persons In the Umted Siates have been lulled into a false sense of security because of the drop in Communist Party membership in the last few years. “The Communists are smaller numerically but practically are stronger,” he said. “Those members who have strayed from loyalty ‘'o the Kremlin have been purged from. membership, leaving a hard core of fanatic Communists.” He said the Communist Party is infiltrating labor unions and racial groups. Hoover said much of the work of the FBI in San Die- fingerprints. Hoover said. In the recent plane crash near Las Vegas. the FBI was able to identify all of the victims through — fingerprints, he said. CALC’ MISINFORMED! ~~” Hoover said there is no ; governing body of crime in the nation. “However,” he said, “the gangs and syndicates try to observe each other's pre- rogatives in territory. They seldom cross over. When that happens, you have some killings.” PUBLICATION FAVORED The FBI chief said he be- lieves in holding adults re- sponsible, criminally and fi- nancially. for the acts of their children. He said he also believes in publishing the names of youths who commit serious _ crimes, go is in the security field, . involving the aircraft plants, the naval establishments and Camp Pendleton. FINGERPRINTS FILED Last year the FBI ob- tained convictions in 98.6 per cent of its cases which went to trial, he said. The de- fendants pleaded guilty in 93 per cent of the cases. This indicates the expert- ness with which the cases were prepared. he said. Hoover said the FBI's fin- gerprint file, the largest in the world, contains the fin- gerprints of 74 million per- sons. In addition to provid- i ing a check on the identity : of criminals or fugitives : from justice, the file is in- valuable in identifying vic- tims of disasters, he said. The FBI sends a team to ; ne of plane crashes ‘or train wrecks to check “Nailing the identity down has an excellent psycholog- ical effect and acts as a de. terrent.” he said. Hoover said he had com- pleted his annual health px- amination at the La Jcla Medical Clinic. He said {he has lost 30 pounds in jhe last vear. i i “so-called king” or central *