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+ om. 9 ant eee vr | Cy ahha Pal, AE sa A ial a aoe 2 doce CR ICE, LORRY a arta PRL eee ae Cee Pn Pues nae ahs ane aa TTS PR ah gee CASRN OWES UAE at ‘tn men High Regard fer Mitchell 1 AS ‘Tor his present boss, Atty. Gen. John XN, Mitchell, Hooves torneo has Rever been ani y gencral for w vel had higher reeard.” hom I've Ramsey Clark Ex-Attorney General Denicited as ‘Jellyfish’ . WASHINGTON (AP)—FBI Director J. Edgar Hoov- er describes former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark as a “jelly- ish” and says he did not speak to the late Robert F. Kennedy during his last six months as attorney general, “the Washington Post reported. + | Hoover, 76 and chief of the elite federal force for the past 45 years, said in an interview with the Post ‘published in Tuesday editions, that Clark was the worst at-Pscribed Clark as even jrorney general he had everlihan the late Sen. Kennedy as Hserved under, 1. st si ; Clark was, Hoover is quoted ae oey Tee ast ex ias Saying, “like a jellyfish... a ' edy , The FBI has N. “soflie.” Hoover said Clark’s|#00ver said, be did not speak to dian a nt en ere agents, In- father, former attorney general, <e"nedy. s all Kites 1 cennese agents and ‘and Supreme Court justice, wast BUt, Hoover added, “If there! nds of other agents. Any- ay montrast 2 ae strong: as @ worse attorney general, it ‘one who can meet the quaiifica- a é MS was Ramsey Clark. You never tions can have a job and fill naan.” . aE 201 have it no oth “ ; . . knew which way he was goin no olfier way, | The article said Hoover de-- y going Hoover said he told President to flop on an issue, . Lyndon B. Johnson about the ‘Worse Than Bobby’ confrontation with Kennedy and “Ile was worse than Bobhe sae Jenna told him: “Stand (Kennedy)," Hoover said, “At ¥ your guns, least, Kennedy stuck by his ' puns, even when he was a wrong.” Clark, who was allorney gen- * eral between 1957 and 1909 was equally ‘uncomplimenta to Iloover in a book to be released this week. : Tn the book, “Crime in Ameri-} ea,” Clark scored what he termed Hoover's “sclf-centered concern for his own reputation,” and charged that the FBI “has so coveted personal credit that Hoover indicated his freatest disagreement with Clark was Over approaches to crime. With Kennedy, he said, tie trouble Was over standards of the FI, “The trouble was that Kenne. dy wanted to Inosen up our] jstandards and qualifications: to discard the requirement that agents hold degrees in law or accounting. He even wanted to discard the bachelor's degree ar a requirement,” Hoover said. More Negro Agents A “In short, he wanted more Negro agents. I told him, ‘Now Bobby, I have no prejudices,