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Fed or buried by Tost of the press. : rgely le s : + ee “The failure or. reluctance of the FBI to infiltrate right-wing ° “subversive elements in the U. 8. becomes wore apparent with each additional tragedy in the ‘Soutr,” he declared YS & “The total infiltration of the Communist Party by the FBI : lemonstrates the capacity of the bureau to. forestall eriminal ‘activity. The failure to infiltrate the Citizens Council, the Ku” Klux Kian and other racist organizations is inexcusable in this current crisis.” . : iy ‘The telegrém urged that either the FBI's Southern operation be drastically reorganized or that the Civil Rights Commission receive the money and manpower to ‘conduct its own police op- ae erations in the South. - - - - St > One assumes that the recomendation was filed in some Presi- dential pigeonhole reserved for explosive topics. —— But this is the~heart’of the matter. No. one can say with ‘rtitude, as this $s written, that the Sunday murders could rave been averted by such infiltration. But surely the long his- tory of Birmingham violence suggests that the crime is the work of an organized conspir: which undercover agents Spaight have exposed long ag ‘The real case against Mr. Wer is not simply that he has fafled; it is that he ‘apparently hasn't tried on any major scale presume, because he js reluctant to risk his . ho control the FBI's he he seeks, even in He hasn't tried, 7 status as a sacred cow with the Southerners w' budget, and annually grant him any funds intervals of “ conomy.”” . . L : ‘The public secord does show that Mr. Jipover, a big speech. hoP has remained steadfastly inar- sau maker on the subject of crime, ficulate about racist violence. But again that gilence may merely ‘ EA Indicate his deference to the sensitivities of the Southern cabi ore Is designed to create the impression that d of lazy men. Its agents art busy, earnest tious in matters that the director yives a ‘Nothing sald h the FBI is compost and generally constien' high. priority. : Only yesterday read an excerpt from, the memoirs of Green Bay football coach Vince ‘Lombardi in which he described the ib FBI's vigilance in ‘scrutinizing pro football players. i -——~. In warning his players against any conduct that might ren- der them suspect, ‘Lombardi recalls, he told them, “I had a visit the other dey from two FBI men and . - . they told me that they’) Keeping a closer watch than evr 1 all professional sports.’ And ke added: “- ° “Now these FBI men didn't mention anybody on this team, or.on any other team elther, ‘put everyone is being watched.” that similar intense FBI sur- One can only..sadly observe . veillaice of Southern racists might have spared the country much, f our present ordeal, . . mt . " From “Social Astonishments” by David Cort (Meenilian, $4.95) iets I have looked at seem to me to refiec Too many of the di disapproval of other peopie’s having any fun.