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J Edgar Hoover — Part 10

75 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: J Edgar Hoover · 75 pages OCR'd
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= Ci Cece) oe ae, Ri rahslo: } ded D-L3 J. EDCAR HOOVE ‘A ih CAGE A " tM enee assin the Federel buresu of Investigetion is in the thic «fi an exediting mystery <-- wnat became of the 3-hundred- thuucard aollars still missing from the ransom muney peid in vain fir kider:-ed Little bobby Creenlease. Directing this seerch, just as he isster-minded the asAhA softest lesa 4 oan - mnt af amathawnw Kin agaaeas WUCESsSttiL Nr. Tor the kidnap 6éraé aria dozens OL Gtiner Vile VaUuUE, T s 7, Fd sr Hoover. That makes him my News rersoneility for the & Mext vay, Hoover will complet thirty-years as Director wf the tr. P. I. I'm sure there isn't another man in the top brac- kets uf wur Peder-1 ser: ice, who hes any comparable length of ser- vice. President Sisenhower is the fifth Chief bkxecutive under wiom he nes se ved as “Number One G-Man." Hoover ;oes on and on, regardless of whether the Repub- licans vr Democrats are in pwer. The reason: sheer skill and efviciency! The *BI is an outstanding success because Hoover has set sucn high standards ‘or his men. ‘they must be intelligent, tte well-eJucated team players. without such cooperation, the Bureau corld never get the results it does, For every spectacular epf- sode, there are endless hours of checking small details and run- ning duwn fruitless leads. fnother thing that Yoover has d ne extremely well, is b ilding up the Bureau's relations with tne public. FBI Arents invearisbly are polite. #ven when the secrecy of their investi- gations is essential, they are as cooperetive as circumstances wid) elleaw eo od a oe | The result: Fublic Confidence. VThis, in turn, leads to public cooperstion. “Many a vsluable tip against a wanted criminel or subversive egent, hes been handed to the GwMen by ordinary citizens. ~ Pi,ght now, Yoover is vrging citizens to help search for Lie missing ransom notes. e nas issued a list, giving the serial numvers of all the vanished noney. Throush all tne years, Hoover has emphasized that the FUT is NOT 6 secret police force, dut just wnat its name saya -- a Sureau of Investigation. Extreme Left-wing efforts to whip up posentment by calling the F3I a "gestapo" have fallen flat, because it is so ocbviorsiv untrue.
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