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CLINES | Former United States At: torncy General Ramsey Clark charac ed yesterday that the Federal Bureau of Invesiigation ad failed to maintain itself as a “disenthralied secker of truth” and had become intoler- ant of diversity within its own ranks. “The F.B.L, for reasons I find unfortunate, became ideological) sometime back and this put a’ scale over its eves,” Mr. Clark said, “It had an end before it and sought facts to fit that. end.” The criticism was made by Mr. Clark in response ta quts- tions at a news conference at the Gverseas Fress Ciuo that was held to announce the for-: mation of the Commitice for; Public Justice, an organization of prominent private citizens concerncc that the nation has entered what was calied a’ “period of political repression,” A wide range of protests, many directed at the Nixon Administration, was offered by Mr. Clark and other members of the new group. But question- ing focused on Mr. Clark's views on the F.B.1. because of & Statement by J. Edgar Hoover, he F.B.I. director, that Mr, Clark had been a “jellyfish and the worst Attorney General he had ever worked under. “He's entitled to his opin- Jon,” Mr. Clark replied. “He never gaid it while I was there.* Mr. Hoover criticized Mr. lark in an interview published vesterdey in The Washington JPost. The F.BJ. chief was re- ported as responding to a criti- cism in Mr. Ciark’s new book “Crime in Amorica.” that Mr. pioover led the FBI astray with a “self-centered concern for his own reputation.” At vesierdav’s news confer- ence, Mr. Clark said that “ma: | or contributioys” had been fmnade by Mr, Hoover, such as showin that “a big bureaucra- cy ¢an he effective.” Sinve Laviinad, he continued, ae be al adinured FB. agents aS “AOR af iheches; men | know" (aut, be. added, ithe ancacy Ch chily’ fulfered owe, freat shuricomings”—a lack oO ohjrctiv.y i pursuing {ete ; and po sinvolerance af internal, ErTitjeism. - ae \ lL “Mr. Hoover has never been eVy“tuleidht of criticism,” the former Attorney General de- clared, asserting that the di- rector had an “ideoiary of a different time,” and that new leadership was needed. Pursuit of Reds “Wasteful The Federal agency's pursuit of the Communist party was 2 “terribly wasteful use of very} valuable resources,” Mr. Clark asserted, He asked why the [rs found it “so difficult to gin civil rights investigations” and inquiries into ““nlawful police conduct.” He dismissed as “absurd"| Iu. Hoover's description of the ‘Black Panthers as the most dangerous group in America. ‘The F.B.I outnumbers the lack Panthers seven to one,” Mr. Clark declared. “And if they can’t handle it, they should have stayed in bed.” There was no immediate comment from either Mr. Heover or the F.B.L Before answering questipas} trict of Columbia crime-co bil! as based on the OREP that “jarce, violence, x and cunmiing can America.” - Other members of the com- mittce for Public Justice, led by the chairman, .Rocer W. Wilkins, warned of an “alarm- ing pattern” in American life. “The President, the Vice jPresicent and the Attorney iGeneral have helped to create a political climate,” the com- mittee contended in a state- ment, “in which Congress has drastically prejudiced constitu- tional rights and in which po- lice and. other officials have been arbitrary in the execution of their responsibilities. At the game time, many judges have condoned or failed to alleviate these excesses.” Mr. Wilkins, an executive of the Ford Foundation, said that the committee would spcak out from time to time on specific issucs after these had been re- searched by law-school stu- gents under the guidance of Luis Sanjurjo, a lawyer who is the -committee's extcutive gi recto \ | Al melanin Els i. E Se nithatmanan m1 9o- L919 NOT Nor RECORD 183 OFC 21 1970 ‘@) Cok _ Ores ro C WY { m \ ' ih ave 4 e alleeed abuses cites ain the” commiitee statenicttr “in- cluded preventive detention, | dd, “no-knock” police authority,’ “the failure of the Administra-. tion to grant the constitutional rights of black children to de- Segregated education in the South,” wiretapping, a Federal “blacklist” of scientists, “‘anti- Tiot’ statutes that infringe Tree speech,” the “unleashing” of National Guard troops and po- licemen on campuses, “police repression” of the Punthers and others, and “intimidation” of the mass medisz. In addition to Mr. Clark and Mr. Wilkins, the committee's; executive councit includes Blair Clark, journalist; Dr. Robert’ Coles, psychiatrist, Norman orsen, general counsel of the AMC Civil Liberties Union: Pais ee writer, Burke arsha!l former assistant "United States Attorney General; Robert B. Silvers. editor of the New York Review of Books; Telford Taylor of the Columbia University Law School: Jerome Weisner, scientist, and Harold Wiilens, businessman and na- tional co-chairman of the Busi-. ness. _Executives Move for: at *; : whew! 1B - CONTAINED ‘the Washingtén Post ate Aree Herald Tolson Sullivan ison & (om Callahan Casper ’ Conrad Felt Cs ale feeseis ! Navel Walters Soy ars Tele. Ron s@ie. ROOM Ly Holmes Gandy a ooh) rwrwX, Fra (ALM ver wer Le AS hee ore 4 a ian ow? aw AUT \ 4 e9nnna. = GB E day Star (Washington) Daily News (New York} SEDEnday News (New York) New York Post The New York Times _7O ae ee The Sun {Baltimore} ap ome "The Daily World The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The "National Pepple's World iner (Washington) pov 18 1970 Date Observer ——— ar) ree cae ed Levfa €& £) AY1F 1/70 COPY MADE Pon Mn. TOL WEF ern ra SON