Polls differ on Hoover retirement question
Combined News Services report shows Gallup 51 percent say FBI Director Hoover should resign while 41 percent want him to stay and 8 percent undecided. Harris poll finds equal 43 percent for quit and stay with 14 percent undecided. 46 percent say Hoover is past prime.
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Hoover age sparks clash over FBI probe in Congress
Rep. John Wydler says calls to probe the FBI are baseless and self serving while noting FBI chief J Edgar Hoover is 76 and House Judiciary Chair Emanuel Celler is 83. He defends Hoover and rejects evidenceless fears of wiretaps amid Democratic criticism and Nixon support.
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Public opinions split on Hoover and FBI
Harris poll shows 45 percent disagree and 31 percent agree that Hoover seeks to voice views on students and radicals more than enforce the law. It also finds 48 percent saying the FBI remains effective versus 41 percent who say it has declined. Gallup reports 25 percent say wiretapping goes too far and about 35 percent think activity is about right.
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