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i 1 inept es ACF STIRS ry TORRE AHR rE ’ “WHERE HIS thick ork hair has i gun to get gray he has it «ose clipped. He talks fast and walks with startling ayecd He recently got his wes * back down to 189, and ig ‘o1ced to periodic fBiringent diets. He still bounces around the country in important cases, or just to make a surprise check of one of his 82 fie'd offices, He's corsidered « better- than-average platcl shot and still visits the range periodicaily. He haa not relaxed physical Stness regulations for headquar- ters’ executives, bat sow confines his own szercise te long watks and a little fish- ing. He has given up ten- Bis. He contirues to keep a close check on tmportant cases and each morning reads a especial summary of the night's activities of his agents. He then dictates ‘ong letters and does a lot of long-distance, Toning ‘o his 6200 agent] oun the country. But of 14°90 personnel keeping the -ame minute in- Foection of the agency's ac- tivities he once maintained, He davatean meet af hie asf Sey? time to cases invetving Communists and subverstye , Botivities. a 2 - MOST OF MIS non-office tire, wher he's not traveling, is spent in ‘Ais fairly large, eomfortabie vrick house in an exclusive Rock : Creek Park; section of Wash: . The house ts Joeded with antiques and cholce pieces of bronze he has collec'ed. As Washingion's moet fa- mous’ native gon, his closest trends are old-time Washing- tonlana, Washington hostesses long aon weve in tenes te mee de SY Bers By Uy Wy PPS the famous G-man at parties. A man can't turn in a decent day's work and tear around all night, *e esys. He sees &@ movie sometimes, watches the Washington Senators play bazeball on TV, and when in New York goes to a sight elu>. : ‘tog wean the Maryland racy seqgson he manages | te ‘the thask occ * Pa Te : ay ae. “epee! "the boaFa of directors 7 i until her death Ao RE IRS um greres age rgemgree pe T ne “pis TTENDS the National. Presbyterian church regularly when in town and seldom misses a service when on mar He also devotes some ety boys’ organizations. a Pe ee Te trustee of George Washingtos Lipiveraity and a member ot J Boyt’ Clubs of Ame It's stand procedure the FBI that no one hesitates to call Hoover at home on a pri- vate line anytime during the ‘night if something Important comes up. He never seemg to go to bed, and usually fs called a couple of times a aoe t oie lone almost . seperate FOE ° ; 7 ‘coaster spe on nr sand whee Hoover magne RACHELOR HOMB-<In “thts el! ® friends now tock Creek Park section, hi ow i 2 le a age ae agree that’ he's a dedicated .f bachelor, ‘Hoover's joh and a now dead, care of his fell mostly on bie sh Ha lived with her ia modest house in which ha born in southeast Washington befors| -the start ef Werld major nis yah - pig of of uwtisies he has survived . Pree apare of ee of iat Cok ‘leh ct saving mad ‘a ‘pears imperishable. {Tee Eat) [. ee