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ah . r : | i Mi. Tracy -. . —— Nr, Faibo ._- 1 Heopte Are Ready Toke Mi. Belmont . . uided By FBI Chief My, “obr __. i WIN JD Edgar Hoover, directa T + ipom __ . MH the Federal Bureau of Invest 1 ‘ogme ; gation, now, tind himself blasted | — ’ hy Senator Joseph R. MeCarthy | Boa Ged : Wisconsin as beIng “soft” dgward _-- . : Communists and other subversive OO ; elements? The able and efficient chief of the FBI must have been conscious of the serlous risk he took of be coming @ new target for the sena, lor's d{spleasure when he told the Tydings committee he tg unalters bly opposed to opening the FB yalty files for Senatorial or other | blie scrutiny, : Some of the gave for his Oppos :- y1~Disclosure might do grave In; Jistice to innocent Persons. Fo mself, Hoover said he refused ¢ * & party . to any action which would smear ‘innocent Individuals for the rest of thelr lives. 2—That disclosure would cripp} the FBT investigative system, Bae lt might cost the Mvex of nited States Secret agents; 4—1 might give ta 4 “forelgn wer" materia reasons . Hoover Itlon are: TE TE AR: git HERE Lit wants on Ame. an government ang industria . | Headers, 7 : r Hoover's belle!, tn a few word! . ef z j/# that far more {ls would tdv ete, ff ° & Irom 4 Public alting of the flles | | : —— iy han any good such action pos. TOT RECORDED x ~sbly coutg accomplish, . NoT 0 1950 ‘It would have been unthinkable 75 JUL 2 ; Hf In. this ma tter President Tru- man had not concurred !h the Far . ee ot ——— ‘chief's counsel and advice. And for most Americans tip orda “also wi)} end the contre ersy. They Wit] airing along wit Edgar Hoover, -. > . ) FBI - 3AN FRANCISCO APR ?_ 1950 | Burns | J} Dot staged + x me ee . . a cat a cae alte oc ee yun we