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=e The first day of 1965 will also be ihe 70th birthday of J. Edgar‘Pbover, who has just survived the most serious, open attack on his competence in the years he bas headed the FBI. The eriticlsm bounced off this rugged, archetypal law officer with Uttle visible effect. For Mr. Hoover is an inatitution, a legend, a professional. Prealdent John- gon has already given him a watver past retirement age, an indication of how much the nation values his service. \ .-Yet_the very fact of Mr. Hoover's \ i'age, Tike some Mount Rushmore fieure Re ee i De ei Se en 7 Mr. Hoover at 70 qThe FBI, Mr. Hoover's ereation, must WU Bey in the American system of goverrment, argues ailently for the careful selection | of a successor. Mr. Hoover pill paver be duplicated, but some day he aust’ be replaced. It is no disparagement of his record, but rather a reengnition of: it, that the should be giving serious thought te his successor. Tolson L. Belmont : t Casper Callahan Conrad — Felt > Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Roo Holmes 4 Gandy fe The Washington Post andgte Times Herald “. The Washington Dail ; owe + . The Eventng Star New York Herald Tribune i ¥ New York Journa}|-Americaw <> . New York P The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal New York Da News os The New York Times we The Baltimore Sun The National Observer — ____.... People's World 4964 § 4