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sameeren ner eee et had Brown's Short Memory EDMUND ° BROWN, California’s at- torney general and Democratic candi- date for governor, knows his political ropes. When J. Edgar Hoover, director of . the FBI, accused Mr. Brown of mis- ‘ informing the public on California crime figures, the attorney general _ took a common political refuge. He said he didn’t want to get into a ‘battle of statistics with Mr. Hoover tand then quickly switched off to a di- ‘verting issue—Tijuana. Tijuana came in for a beating. If elected governor, Mr. Brown said, he would see that something was done. He said the border should be closed to those under 21 to keep them from con- tact with “sordid things which they _are too young to appraise.” | Jf he can’t fight Mr. Hoover, he can + | fight Tijuana. There aren’t any votes . | to lose in Tijuana. ‘ ‘The point might be raised that as’! ‘ governor Mr. Brown would be the / chief executive officer of the state. As attorney general he has been the chief law enforcement officer. What he could do as governor that he was pre- vented from doing as attorney general for eight years is not too clear. As a matter of fact Mr. Brown met with Mexican officials in San Diego on common border problems, includ- ing juveniles and narcotics, in May of 1957. He stated at that time: “We seek to keep the border un- impaired as a generator of good will and of economic and cultural ex- change. There are offenders against international amity on both sides of the border and we intend to launch a coordinated drive on them.” Mr. Brown recognized at that time the problem of the border does not be- long in politics. Exploitation of this issue for political advantage can only 4 \make the reaching of proper agree- 4 ments between the two countries much j more difficult. Mr. Brown knows that— ‘or did a year ago. —— Kw £C caren eee pene nn ne re neem: tity THE SAN DIEGO UNION g-2-58 NOT RECORDED AS SEP 29 1958 eee Meee ee SST Ni ‘ sn . Tolson