Letter from Senator John H. Hawkins, Jr., chairman of the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace, to President Lyndon Johnson in Washington, D.C.
In the letter Hawkins opposes efforts to have J. Edgar Hoover removed from his post as director of the FBI: "It is, of course, known to you, Mr. President, that the effort to get rid of Mr. Hoover, to cripple the Federal Security program and to abolish all investigative agencies of the Congress...
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In the letter Hawkins opposes efforts to have J. Edgar Hoover removed from his post as director of the FBI: "It is, of course, known to you, Mr. President, that the effort to get rid of Mr. Hoover, to cripple the Federal Security program and to abolish all investigative agencies of the Congress, has been sponsored and promoted by the Communist Party and its supporters. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, those persons and groups now seeking to oust Mr. Hoover, are serving the Communist purpose." |
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Q0000018331Q18331Letter from Senator John H. Hawkins, Jr., chairman of the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace, to President Lyndon Johnson in Washington, D.C.In the letter Hawkins opposes efforts to have J. Edgar Hoover removed from his post as director of the FBI: "It is, of course, known to you, Mr. President, that the effort to get rid of Mr. Hoover, to cripple the Federal Security program and to abolish all investigative agencies of the Congress, has been sponsored and promoted by the Communist Party and its supporters. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, those persons and groups now seeking to oust Mr. Hoover, are serving the Communist purpose."1964 December 11964-12-011960-1969Hawkins, John H.; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Communism; United States--Politics and government--1945-1989TextCorrespondenceAlabama. LegislatureAlabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace recordsRSG00617v9282Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2891 |
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