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NY 100-161445 CONFIDEN PIAL "him in the "New York Post" snuggled up next to Harriet Van Horne under the watchful eyes of Mr. Buckley and Mr. Wechler (phonetic), and (unintelligible) of rational thought. He has many avid readers. Ex-Senator Thomas Dodd is an avid reader. The major heads of oil corporations are avid readers, Al Capo is an avid reader. Perhaps the most avid reader of all is John Edgar Hoover, known to us affectionally as J. Edgar. So it's a cvleasure to welcome Jack Anderson here to New Yorx and to "Free Time. , @ "Abbie Hoffman: -_ "Well, welcome to New York and ‘Free Time’ Jack. You know one thing tnat's always intrigued me is every Sunday night I join pernaps 30, 40 million Americans and tuning on the television set and watcning a prire time hour propazanda exploitation film done by Warner Brothers with the cooneration and consent of the FBI glorifying our secret police. I commented to some Russians about this about a month ago and they said not even in Russia does the NKVD get an hour prime time. Is this an unusual thing about the American character that we glorify an organization like the FBI? "Jack Anderson: -— 7 "Well, this is the model for the nation. All FBI agents loox like Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and that's why they're able to infiltrate tne Mafia because you can't tell them when they're coming you know, They-two FBI agents-snort sideburns, clean cut, tney're always in disguise. You never know whatecec. as I say tney all loow like Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and uh.eee. "Abbie Hoffman: | "How much is the character of the FBI agent in particular and the agency in general molded by the leader of the ship Mr, Hoover? "Jack Anderson: "Mey're all cast in the image that he wants, They all dress aliie. They all look alike. They all have to be in bed by 2:00 o'clocsx, They..uh...if they get involved in - 18 - CONFIDE@TIAL