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i &w ee SRO aNe ewe sawauneb wo a6 meee S tee Melis $a 55 56 58 | $9 | 60 | 4 62 | br S-dedet -$ rd. «tS Dawes oa | GID tBex 7-21-70) i — WCTaa k Seare = pe) Over ‘ldeolosy,? Lack of Diversity H- / meet eee oe NEW YORK, Nov. i7—Fer- er Attcrney General Ramsey! “lark, whom J. Edzer Hoover, deseribed as a “jelyfish” and: a “softie,” responded teday; with some criticisn: of his own: ( Under Hocver. Clark said, the FRI has become “ideolozi-, ea!” and ha‘glacked internal! diversity. Mereover, he told, | newsmen, Hoover erred callie the Trlar i Ban taouig int in| | téhey 226GLK 2 aning4(s the, most dangerous America. “That is patentiy iit aif greve in Clark asserted. “1 said it at the time and I'm still con- vinced ef it. The FBI outnum-; cbers the Black Pamtuers seven to one, and if they can't han- die it, they should have staved in bed." Clark's remarks came dur- ing and after a press confer- ence called here to announce the creation of a Committee for Public Justice “ter * 15 ro pressive tend- encies in America. Clark was asked to comment on Hoover's description of him asa “jellyfish” in an interview published in Tuesday's Wash- jington Post. “He's entitled to his opinion,” Clark replied. “He pever said it while 1 was ‘ ' there. ” In the interview, Hoover, said that Clark who was Pi_.: - } ‘dent Jolnson’s chief law en- forceinent official, was the : ‘worst attorney general that H | ee the FBI chief had worked| under in 45 years. Hoover's| criticism was prompted by a, sae just published b; Clark, “Crime in Amovzics.” whien ast pecris that the TFSi director's, ‘self-centered corcern for his! i own reputation” be se tamvered . the burcen s erime-hghting shout the FBI director, | 4 By Karl E. Meyer Wesbington Post Btafl Writer ieee Queried in Washingjon. on) Clark's comments, an FE! spokesman Said, “Mr. Hoover has no comment to make as he does not desire to in any wav advance the sale of his! (Clark's) book.” | Clark broadened his attack. | ‘today, saying that while Hoo- ‘eontributions” ‘er had made “some Valuable; by showing: ithat a big agency can be effre- tive, these were offset by “two Grave shortcomings.” “Tf an investigator has to be | anything, he has to bea disen-' thralled observer, a hard, hard; pursuer of facts,” Clark con- tinued. “He cannot be ideolog- ical. For reasons that are un- fortunate, In my judgment, the FBI became Ideological) some time back. This has put scdiesuverits eyes“——+—— jhe. other failure he, majn:! tained. Was the lack of diver- sity within the Bureau. Clark said there was an “intolerance of different viewpoinis,” and!: that the lest man who dared} question Hocver “has been gone for some time.” Clark ssid that the pursuit of the Communist Party rot the | US. A. “is an illustration the terribly wasteful usa of re-j sources” growing out of the) FBI director's belief in “the ideo'ozy of @ different time.” Ciark wondered “why it’s so faisticul: for him (Huover) to, begin civil rights investiga- ! tlons’ and said there wes a, fquestion how good the FBI! ‘wes in Investigating “i unlawful} ‘police’ eorduct.” ™ | 2. XEROX DEG 4 ERSLOsUne } Tolson Sullivan . Mohr Bishop Brennan, C.D. Callahan Casper Conrad ~~ Pelt Gale Rosen Tavel Walters Soy ars Tele. Room Holmes Gandy ALL INFO mee aN a7r ere ire HEREL!, i x. pi aia Ke at The Washington Post h- Times Herald post Hf The Washington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) _ Sunday News (New York} New York Post ___-_ The Nev: York Times The Sun (Baltimore) The Daily World The New Leader . The Wall Street Journal —_—__ SE The Nationa! Observer People’s World _... SS Examine: (Washington? WW - - HBV 18 1970