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i edt ce won gett a oe ey or pa? at ond ae eg i? mepptgacre ~ . re oe ae sarets. ! between soma one wh. js‘ ac- blk ty cused of being @ fotel a iz 1 aos d of one of doub t “ risk and one who is accused only on af disloyalty... 2 370 ; ” Hoover places considerable ~~ 2 Ce ee emphasis on what e terms Yap- Jn discussing the current Me- | praisal by associa “” He exe . Carthy. situation, Hoover enjoys plains that if a man, is known K | Femindltig Friends that every as a “bad character,” any one “pase to, date in which the FBI . I the risk of ‘ has found’ a_case for prosecu- _getting a, bad reputation. we Co. tion of a Communist, tie person alluded to his early youth when LS “ltiae been convicted. 59.7.0. ms paren far were pne is \ 4 . 7 . uged by the cdInpany é keeps.” 4pOre, sete tng th Hoover: Hoover says undoubtedly many 4 talking informally: vin the EBL | PeTsOns who eee with ING files to indicate any question of persons of questionable. loyalty = - the loyalty of Owen Lattimore, to the United. States or with John Hopkins University profes- petsons who are. “‘bad security ~ sér and long-time expert ‘on riska actuatty are not Commu- ™ ; i China and. the Far Fast. nists or Communist Sympathiz- “4 en ” $roover Seturned from 4 quick ers, yet the mere fact of this : r sve we é inspection trip to Midwest FBI sssoriation lays them open to . ‘fe “ an ie cies, He edmittea er found "The term “doubtful ‘secufity” considerably agitated over the to the FBI menncined to at Ny McCarthy charges. He declines | cesses in their personal habits AM to state his own opinion but ] and subject t vin email. K beven bundred . RY | sald that the rank and file away The FBI oi mae , . They would b from Washington are inclined | ger eal li irector feels the packlog. of almost 14. from Washingtonaiate Depart: | Stand hie rela C8 nt ~ ‘pending security investiga- ‘ment “ae : | stand his reluctance to surren- ‘ Hoover's 16-thousand -dol- . ; et der FBI files on security cases. | w lary would be,increased-to » The FBI director has never | Two types of ‘danger are In- ss F 4 voted, nor did his parents ahead | Volved, he explains. One is that SS injustice may be done to indi- + pousand doll of him. He says he doesn't a gins {a far’ -| know whether he is a Democrat | viduals. FBI {les contain un- . pf Matisiied ttt. The furore | or a Republican. His record | sifted atecatlons.- ‘They also XN ed by Senator, Jpseph R. | shows he gets along equally well ‘| contain names of persons other “ y's charge! ‘that the | with both parties, However, he 4 than those who are subjecth of N\ Department ; 1. infested | shows. considerable irritation | Investigation—-persons Who Tay | N\ ~ t of | that the McCarthy investigation | well be completely innocen vith Communists, i em \- ‘to the FBI director. He hes | has sunk to the low level: of | wrongdoing, .. length... behind | “partissn polltics.” Because of. |. # x members of this, he indicates his bellef that More important than anything ibe named ee the inquiry will end in confusion, | to the security of the United thys- on rges. He feels t 1s no wonder that the | States, Hoover explains, is that Fe “tor big rece | public is puzzeld over the go- | the secrets and method of op- 3 nt, the secret | ings-on here. - | + + |eration of the FBI are not made fot be laid open |”. || x * OK: known to the Russlans. Nothing an McCarthy 8 |=; When in a relaxed mood Hoo- would please them more, he ha +. | Ver is ong of the most charm- contends, than to know the man- ing men fh public life. Hé thinks | ner in which the FBI has cgupft and.taiks with trip-hammer preé- Russian agents,operatittg in yhls _, cision and speed, 50 well is he | country and. how today /the . ee ; . able to express : ‘thoughts. | agency. has under day-and/night ys surveillance many others.#) ~ Fever, (that, he . int of difference Via re OE ta i aon - Loe RROORDED ¢4 AUG 19 1950