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J. Edgar Hoover
Crawford, Kenneth G. | February 27, 1937 issue

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J. Edgar Hoover, director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has become Public Hero Number One through no accident. He has been working purposely toward that goal for twenty years ever since he went to work for the Department of Justice in 1917, equipped with a night-school law degree, brief experience as an employee of the Congressional Library, and an instinct for self-promotion. By skilful use of all the effective media of publicity, he has made himself a legendary figure. Making the most of his resulting prestige, Hoover has built up the FBI from almost nothing to what the Hearst press, his most faithful glorifier, calls "the greatest detective agency in the world."

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HOOVER, J. Edgar; UNITED States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; PUBLIC officers; PUBLIC administration; UNITED States. Dept. of Justice; UNITED States
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