Extracted text

OCR Page 1 of 55
JOHN EDGAR HOOVER THE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR HAS SEEN KOREA DURA REMENT OF 7 ty Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington, D. C. BUREAU OF December 3, 1970 BY LIAISON The President The White House Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: The remarks made this morning by Miss Debra Sweet during the presentation of the Young American Medal Awards were most unfortunate and uncalled for. A total of 48 nominations were made by the state governors for these awards during 1968. It was not my recommendation that Miss Sweet be included among the award winners. However, I was outvoted by the Selection Committee with respect to Miss Sweet's nomination. The other two members of the Committee were Solicitor General Erwin N. Griswold and Mr. Jack C. Landau, former Director of Public Information, Department of Justice. Her performance was an inexcusable manifesta- tion of youthful immaturity and a display of a complete lack of understanding of the dedicated efforts being made by you and the Administration on behalf of our Nation's youth. Sincerely yours, he Erlihe was out? engage get him out.