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i 4 ee TEAS ae «GOING STRONG AT FBI AT 72 tHoover Marks 50th Year RY°BY STEPHEN \roe— Abwtialed Preas Writer I Director J. Edgar Hogyer marks Fis sh anni- versar’ with tk. Justice ' I Department this #-vk, rev- ered by many as a hero of the Republic, critic. by others ag an Over-sensi-< prima donna and a dictator And, although he's 72—two years over the « .ndatory retirement age f-. federal pempio.es--Hoove: “as given ro indicaion be p.:15 to step tdown as director of th organi- cation 32 built. *-ree years go F evident Je'ocon, by ‘xecutive order waived Mandatory retireni. s. There are tho-. high in “ Toment who s+ “oover’s arincipal value ti Vy nation as that ''*’saognu.. .Inan "a of permissive ss shang- rg Vélucs and o.» © --often @®iolem -.ange—P -r rep- vesen's continuity .— stern, a vompry sing, Luc Langing man of '--nonsens .aw et orce mont _ Hoover was boo Jan. 1, 1695, in W. =hingte. *- son of Dickerson Naylor usver, a coast = Geode Sur vey emplov. cdthet — - Arna ware Seneiim, 4 ce af .witverla Ts fi “sul generes i.e 2 Unite cw lost accounts +. onuer's other ~ ed her iebold— and he = sunges, --. —with # strict ciscipline, punishing almost vi.n a miitecy impar- tiality. ? As a youngster, Heover was a be} soprano f° + church choir, ta:ght Suncz+ school and played on =~ church vaseball tram. It wag ga baseball came that a ball nashec his nose, ¢) ‘ng bim 8 Gugh- isa bul. g took, He a ened W: ~‘ungton’s Cecira’ high Seo! Too small te play fou'b}", young oover .." ned his orgies to the Liz schoal ROTC where > eventually com.nended a eadet ec pany—ar~!. debat- ago 7’ _—— a ee ea ed Hoover worked for the ‘of Congresd“ eer weyt to school nights to earn his law degree. On July 26, 1917, his law degree from George Washington University and, Hoover was hired ass w clerk in the Alien Enem two years he was named to prosecute aliens seized in roundups of auapected subver- sives. On May 10, 1924, Atty. Gen. Harjan Fiske Stone designated ureau of Investigation until 1985. @ Hoover's record of longevity in his job is @ Today’s FBI ts vastly differ- Sr es a ete tors sia total of 15, employes have Q@been with the FBI more than 10 years. The biggest single group of ly 2,400- ve been in the bureau 15 to 19 years. In 1956 only 3% percent of BFEI employes with at — Ne nee HE MRED OO po EF pe ee cays chert ramen er er cents oe TET Se : : MeLoa.n ._. yo (Caspl = ~Callahan .--_. 7’ Conrad .. Felt - Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter _.___— Tele, Room —_—— Holmes Gandy The Washington Post “Times Herald The Washfngton Daily New ~ The Evening Star (Washingion) The Sunday Star (Washington A. : Daily News (New York) ———_—— Sunday News (New Yorks -- New York Post The New York Times —————_- World Journa) Tribune — - -—-— (New York) ...——__--__--___ - The Sun (Baltimore) The Worker _— —__-_ The New Leader ——— ds ~-- The Wall Street Journal The National Observer ——— -- People’s Mft!49 9 7G? ne Date a —_- A