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~ Léald- ‘Dke Harris Survey | ih ged! <n Le) ; eee | 1 (roeover VOHOLY backked In Spite of Criticisms & x By Louis Harris € 1965. The Washington Post Co. Recent eect L. Despite recent criticisms,! . BI Director J. Edgar Hoover| Jon RATING OF AND | fect has the solid backing of: \ FEI Hoover jpearly eight of ten Americans [ Rating Rating lfor the job he is doing as the Pet. Pet. : ‘Nation's number one law man.| Good to excellent 76 179 Only fair to poor 6 ‘Not sure .......; o | {What is more, in his recent! ® {dispute with the Rey. mer The people were siso asked! times as many people sided Pbout the Hoover-King dispute: | [Martin Luther King, “In his recent dispute with Martin Luther King, did you These results emerge from Ibsympathize more with J. Edgar ja justcompleted survey of alfyonver sr Martiz Luther ieross-section of the ‘American King?” a” | | people in which their T and 3! IN SYMPATHY WITH bout the job the FBI and J gar “oover are doing were {HOOVER OR KING IN DISPUTE robed in depth. Avith the FBI head as did with ‘the Negro civil riznts leader. 4} Confidence in the FBI re Totat ifhains at a high .-vel, but that — Public Hoover is even higher. The ; Pct. ublic was asked: sympathize with Hoover .. 50 “Hou would you rate the 3ob Agreed with Neither... 18 ne FBI is downg—excellent, Not sure ................. 21 pretty good, on only fair, Gr poor?” and “How would you rate the ez J. Edgar Hoover is doing as Piecd of the FBI—axcellent, vtetty godd, only fair, or poor | - In the controversy with oover, Dr. King claimed that he FBI had fallen far short of doing an effective job of investigating civil rights cases zn the South. Hooves then! SF Wied, ‘sharply attacked “Dr. King as: being lrresponsible, without identifying the civil rights leader by name. In order to find out whether ti Ving «whe riticisms of Hoover had di- f the FBI chief, two further questions were asked: _—— L- = E ——_—_ « Sey er RE TN * et t loover ts aoIng G more efrec-, LEse-so0 “os head of the FBI, wm iless effective, or about the! er 4 ot it ans Wie Be aud other old. minished some of the luster/§ groups and others have taken yey York Journal-American Remagred to few..vears| that he has not had proper New York Post ; GO you think J, Edgar! regard for the righis of indi The New York Times Tolson lmon Z Cth same lind o of doh he anne doina a few years ago?” and “Why do you feel this way? Any other reason?” ELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS ae, _ OF HOOVER Chains Total “7 ON yyan - Publis Ye avel ! Compared to Few Years Ago \ Trotter More effective ........ is . Tele Room yt Less effective ......... 1z Holmes _ About same effective- Gandy ¥ MOSS. 6 ee .* 3 Not sure ............ . 16 EFFECTIVENESS _Yyveaerf"ine Ameriets peste £014) goverwheimingly unconvinced. Publi The volunteered comments Pet. Emade to our interviewers in: Why Effective icate that Hoover, in the Doing same matchless > [mate of most people, remai : dob ..... 6. eee 6% fwhat he has been for at le Doing betier job ever & generation: « powerful wider area .......... & Jbol of law and order, a p More experienced than - of security in an uncertain anyone else ......... 4 °C iiog~eitd world. «amen Keeping erime in check 2% —-—---——-»- -- + --~.— | Good job in Mississippi 3 0 | LL, Jeter TiN Like way handied King 1 | C MERA Why Not Effective . . - Too old for job ........ q Wrong on King ........ 3. Never was ood in ‘job + 4 Bad on Kennedy ; ; a tae | shooting ............ z . | Yoo many crimes un |' solved ........0..00- 2 [Not Bure .........-...., 1s It is evident that recent ater] wiethte anntnetteret ae hh eee Metal JABS QUATOVETEES Dave not led to widespread dis- nehantment with J. Edgar The Washington Post and oover, The major eriticism Times Herald { the FBI director is over his The Washington Daily News ge. Hoover is now 70 years the The Evening Star liberal New York Herald Tribune Over years, oover to task on a variety of ly N subjects ranging from eharges N°” YOrE Oatly Nowe viduals to claims that he basin. not come to grips with the big crime syndicates in the coun: he Worker try. Of late, the central thrust |The New Leader of _eriticism has been over The Wall Street Journal! Disrvest rights-.alprcememt end Baltimore Sun The National Observer —.__.__. iifvesiigation. tee Pevuplets World 7 165 Date V7 FEB i? Av