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+ (Rev. 4-26-83) or bo r\ Arrested racists and the FBI Last week the broke up a gang of white supremacists who bad a pian to over- throw the government and then set about eliminating “Jewish influence” and so forth. It is worth reflecting that, in all prob- ability, the FBI's work in this case was helped by the guidelines that now govern the bureau’s collection of data on subver- sive or violent organizations. ‘The guidelines, the work of Attorney General William French Smith, replaced the Levi guidelines, named after former Attorney General Edward Levi and incom- Breve kept in place for several years 1Di ii The Levi ° ~wee-we se ee Fe that had not yet, according reasonable evidence, broken the law, regardiess of bow violent their stated objectives. Those who think these rules did po more than protect innocuous “progressives” should think again. Under the Levi guidelines it would have been impossible for the FBI to have gathered any information on the gangsters last week in the absence of the bank heists. If they bad been funded by non-criminal ernment's hands would have been tied. The concept of “subversive” includes the the extreme right as well as the extreme Jeft. All those in between are beneficiaries of Attorney Genera] Smith's revisions, fo which let us give thanks. Geen AD Ade. Gave AD bw, ...-— Gane AD 185 Aaot. Oe.: date. torve. Sota, be. cemcen— mo. ——-——— ee ee eed. eee Lege! Com. .— GR. Canp. & Pubite Oils. — Ges. gn. —.—— Veoh. Serve. ..-— VYaowng ———-— Teleghens Ra. ..— Duscew's See’? ——