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Robert F Kennedy — Part 3
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: “Later; the Rev. Martin Luther King, the integra-
tionist leader, who was in the church besieged by a mob,
telephoned Kennedy.
“Well, Reverend King,” Kennedy asked. “Are you
_ Praying for us?
rr building his. staff of department heads, Kennedy.
has kept such able public servants as J. Edgar.
Hoover, head of the FBI, and has recruited lawyers
without regard to their ‘politics or activity in the cam-
paign. For exampie, Herberi John Miller, jr., bead of ihe
criminal division, is a Republican.
The attorney general is especially tnterested in
_ keeping young law school graduates with the depart--
" ment. Many work in the department for a year or
two and then resign to enter the more remunerativ:
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field of private practice.
The atturney general has been bringing groups of.
these young lawyers into his cffice at the end of the day, '
_ asking them to speak up frankly about their problems
and to air their complaints.
This experiment has worked so well that the attor-
mney general now is conducting similar sessions with the
older lawyers in the department. :
The attorney general works a Jong day, from around -
a otclock im tha marning antil 2 ae 7 alalanl af minhé
fMLANA i LS MGraing UNL w OF ¢ GTIOCK at Hos
He has Httle interest in the Washington social cir- °
‘-cuit and spends as much time as he can with his wife
and children at their large home in nearby McLean, Va.
Before breakfast, he and his wife either play tennis .
' with neighbors or go borseback riding for an hour or 80. .
- Qn the walls of bis spacious, red-carpeted offices 1s
' a collection of crayon drawings by some of the Kennedy
' children.
Asked what paintings he decided to hang, Bob re-
plied with a grin. “Believe me this is a delicate problem .
at our heuse. We have art contests at our house, put the
_ Judging requires great tact.” -
i Always the realist, Bob has no illusions about the
_ Magritude of his job.
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