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J Edgar Hoover — Part 10

75 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: J Edgar Hoover · 75 pages OCR'd
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ic 2: EDGAR OVeR, SHBATEIED PATRIO“ = JGdonniff & { , wholes eities and populations." Stung by this gratuitous slur on the PBI, Hoover demanded a retraction. "It is utterly ispossible,” he wrote the editor, "for anyone to state that TIS of our personnel belong to avy tn 4 - Oi ante ad - — ww Qi mem = lO #4268 an 6h ,— <4 ms WHO S99 424646UUNS CFIA U4A0K SS EMULE SAV WW to Support suoh an assertion." The reason why po aueh figures are syailable is that no applicant for the FBI is asked his relgpion. Wanting to be sure this was not just a recent fairy enployaent practice, I asked if the FRI had ever inquired into religion am ite applioation blanks or by word of mouth. I was assured firsly, “Never.” fwo divergent views will help, by contrast, fo show what an FBI agent 1s really like. Hoover requires simply that he be a male United States aitisen between the ages of 25 and 41, five fest seven in his stooking feet, with good vision and boaring, in fine physical condition and willing to serve ae ke ee ee, a2. — —_ 2 2 a a mm oe = fhe a ee ee BSOSraveur OS 18 OPORCEG 4240 FUAR FUEL400 OF 258 BET PALOT AGE ce cu must, of course, &lso be @ lawyer or an accountant with threo years’ experience. — Ve Minayev, on the other hand, writing in the Pebruary, ha y “of a definite type, tha kind usually ouployed by gaming dens
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