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- Counsel and then Acting Special Assistant for Civil
Functions; General Counsel and Special Assistant for Civil Functions.
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- games and the Mayor of Selma; J. Edgar Hoover and the Yarmouth Castle case; Secret Service-FBI merger issue; anecdote of LBJ's political acumen; Jim Wright an issue of constitutionality; dealing with civil disturbances; the M-16 rifle investigation
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- 4 _politicians and indicated that had they exercised real leadership in the
community the riots could have been averted.
III.
General Observations
1. Police Chief Parker seems to be adored like Edgar Hoover
by the whites in power but hated by many
- . Hughes:
Well, we've had 4 tests already, I just left the
conference, one of these on the board is Judge Whipple
••• and they've agreed with me to call in the grand
jury and indict these violaters•••
.L BJ:
Well you just let Ramsey Clark or Mr. Hoover
- Hughes, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1909-