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. , . om THE Ricar 2 Bbeekle Sy. -2- For Reles comber 29, 19% or "oo cereatte ’ It fs Pearson's Current thesis that Mr. Roover is regularly using methods ef crime detection which are outside the boundaries of the lew and the crystal : lising boundaries of good conduct, end that mcreover he is doing so without the kuewledge of his superiors, the attorseys-general. We have seen that the specific >260¢ dispute over whether Mr, Hoover has acted im concert with Attorney Ceneral ; Beunedy turned ovt to be an unprofitable encounter for Mr, Kamedy. Concerning the matter of convention, Mr. Pearson adsits that the Soviet Valen bugged the American Eubsssy in Moscow -~ but “this vas over 20 years age. Today if a bug were found in the Moscow hotel suite of an American visitor there would be an international uproar." Hass the gentleman taken leave of his sensest There wasn't even an futernat{ional uproar when a young American was, by the evidence of his mutilated corpse, beaten to death by the Communist pelice ta Russia as recently as six months ago. If the redundant tug were discovered in an Asericen embassy behind the Iron Grtain, it would cause less of an inter- national uproar than the discovery of am accurate statement in a colusn by Drew Feareot. ; , "So far," says Mr, Pearson, "Hoover has led « charmed life. . . Bot ever since President Johnson continued him in office tvo years beyond the statutory retirement age of 70, troublea have piled up for Hoover. The President will have another decision to make when Hoover reaches hie 73rd birthday, Jan. 1,1967." That decision, one would hope, would be cha easiest the President will have te make during the New Year. (Diatributed by the Washington Star Syndicate, Inc.) ~ Released Exclusively Thru THe WASHINGTON StaR SYNDICATE, INC, 444 Madison Ave, New York, N. ¥. 10022 Teas 22-EL 3.7137