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J Edgar Hoover — Part 16

111 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 4, 1972 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: J Edgar Hoover · 110 pages OCR'd
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enticed, coaxed, pushed and hounded this Nation almost since its birth tu its current status of world leadership. You and your male counterparts have an enormous responsibility. Newspaper reporting, to properly serve the public, must gerve the truth and this demands great integrity, keen insight, and persistent diligence. With some few individual exceptions no group of Americans deserves greater credit than the press in sustaining the freedoms we all cherish. It is for this reagon that I am doubly delighted to be able to pay my respects to the remarkable wife of our distinguished Attorney General this evening. I consider myself privileged to be associated with the Mitchells. The Attorney General is a man of consummate ability, integrity, and fortitude. In all my years of service to the country, I have never met a finer gentleman or & greater American, ..and I would indeed be the last person to describe his lovely and vivacious wife as an “apathetic American." Her courage, candor, and enthusiasm in speaking out on a variety of issues have endeared her to the overwhelming majority of us who have grown weary of rhetoric, are bored with deceit, and fed up I ee Sn ata Dm AT BT a UTE eer oR uta rom eres oe TRE ae ee eet ne ene
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