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i 305 4NGELES DAILY NEWS ‘WASHINGTON, ¥Bl Director J. Edgar Hoover to- ay blamed public indifference for fhe current high rate of crime, and he predicted that most com- munities could be cleaned up in a 5. ffew hours if the authorities were ° racked by an aroused citizenry. _ The public attitude, he told 500 ie Postgraduate Police students at b fhe National Academy, is ex- emplified by its “lionizing” of such “wmmmdaxgorld characters 6a the late + nt eee DATED 30-7 ; FBI chief hits public's indifference se ‘Bept. 30.UP-pBenjamin (Bugsy) Siegel, whoPmore sinister and despicable char-| —_— was killed by gangsters several|/#cters—the ‘untouchables’ who months, égo in @ girt friend's | tre mercenaries to do thelr dirty rywood mansion. 2 foie Peer “He and his criminal scum were of juvenile delinquency is another Monized and their favors sought | result of public indifference, typi- fied by neglect of the country's youth.” ste = after in so-called respectable so- cial circles,” said Hoover. “The glamor that surrounded his life in all ite vile implications was iockingly disgusting. But Siegel was a symbol He U_for Pe: Bons. crucsy Sit pw. = Eneanv, , FEDERAL BUREAU OF IN U. S, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE