G-Man, page 147
Hanson, Ole, 64–65
Harding, Warren, and administration, 89, 90–92, 98–99, 107
Hardwick, Thomas, 65
Harlem riot (1964), 594–95, 600–601, 651–52
Harlow, Jean, 185
Harris, Lem, 544
Harris, Louis, 699
Harvard Liberal Club, 76, 83, 86
Hatch Act (1939), 323
Hay, Harry, 537
Hays Code (Motion Picture Production Code), 170–71, 175, 176
Haywood, Bill, 58
Hearst, William Randolph, Jr., 518–19, 576, 711–12
Hemingway, Ernest, 188
Henry, Robert Lee, 46
Hersh, Burton, 488
Hillenkoetter, Roscoe, 403–4
Hiss, Alger
Bentley’s identification of, 329
Chambers’s identification of, 325, 350
FBI evidence and, 355
HUAC testimony, 350–51, 399
New Deal and, 350, 351
Nixon and, 414–15
notoriety of, 321
Pumpkin Papers and, 352–53
trials of, 355, 356, 357
Truman administration positions, 329–30
Hitz, John, Jr. (JEH’s great-uncle), 8–9, 10, 24
Hitz, John (Hans), 8
Hitz, Johnny (JEH’s uncle), 24
Hobson, Julius, 598
Hoey Committee, 403–5
Hoffa, Jimmy, 480
Hollis, Herman, 166
Holloman, Frank, 661
Hollywood
FBI public relations and, 175–78, 182, 301–2
gangster violence campaigns and, 168, 170
Hays Code, 170–71, 175, 176
Nixon presidential campaign (1960) and, 474
postwar Red Scare and, 323, 342–44
U.S.-Soviet alliance and, 322
See also specific films
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 65, 285
Hoover, Annie Hitz (JEH’s mother), 3
background of, 8–9
death of, 217–18
husband’s depression and, 35
marriage of, 9–10
as parent, 16, 17–18
Hoover, Cecilia Naylor (JEH’s grandmother), 6–7, 29
Hoover, Dickerson, Jr. (JEH’s brother)
birth of, 10
career of, 17, 24
celebrity status of, 185
childhood of, 14, 16–17
education of, 17, 24, 29
JEH’s college years and, 37
marriage of, 26
religion of, 24, 25–26, 32
Hoover, Dickerson (JEH’s father), 3
birth of, 7
Coast Survey employment, 7–8, 16
death of, 4, 89–90
depression of, 4, 23–24, 34–35, 38, 51
marriage of, 9–10
as parent, 17–18
retirement of, 49, 51
Hoover, Halsted (JEH’s uncle), 27, 29
Hoover, Herbert, and administration
as commerce secretary, 111, 114
on crime, 127–30, 136, 153
Great Depression and, 130–31, 132
press and, 169
Hoover, J. Edgar (JEH), 89, 262, 471, 531
aging of, 532–33, 638, 640, 699
appearance of, xi, 172
birth of, 10, 11, 12
Catholic Church and, 366–69, 609
colleague deaths, 710–11
Criss Award speech (1961), 517
death of, 470, 709, 712–18
dogs and, 109, 143, 218, 222
family background, 5–6, 8–9
father’s depression and, 4, 23–24, 34–35, 38, 51
friendship with Johnson, 477–79, 559, 566, 577–78, 594, 654–55, 677
friendship with Nixon, xvi, 471–73, 668–69, 668, 709–10, 723, 726
funeral of, 721–22
George Washington University law education, 37–38, 37, 42–43, 49. See also Kappa Alpha membership below
good-governance orientation. See civil service values below
influence of, xiii–xiv, xvi–xviii, 235
Kappa Alpha membership, 37, 43–48, 51, 62–63, 67, 96, 279
Library of Congress clerk position, 37, 38, 40–42, 69
Joseph Kennedy and, 475–76
late-life volatility, 699, 700–701
new home (1938), 222–24
Nixon presidential campaign (1960) and, 471, 474–75
nonpartisan identity, xvi, 104, 149–50, 337, 455, 673, 699
Palmer’s presidential campaign and, 87–88
professionalism. See civil service values below
public image, 112–13, 203
racial passing rumors, 5–6
rejection of Purvis, 165, 179–80
relationship with Purvis, 137, 139, 141–44, 536
reputation decline, 699–700, 703–4, 705, 711
Texas oil businessmen and, 415–16, 417, 426, 463, 474, 478, 699–700
as villain, xiii, 731
Washington, D.C. roots of, 4–5, 6, 12–13
Washington women’s press briefing group presentation (1964), 604–5
will of, 720–21
World War I and, 51
—anticommunist beliefs, xvi
desegregation and, 441
Donovan and, 296
JFK’s assassination and, 557–58
King/communism investigations and, 526–27
New Left and, 643, 645, 646–47
1960s FBI operations and, 643–44
Palmer Raids and, 75–76
Radical Division experience and, 71, 324
Rosenberg case and, 377
Socialist Party split and, 77
—antiradical views. See anticommunist beliefs above and conservatism below
—childhood, 3, 11–18, 11, 19–26
delivery work, 15–16, 19, 23
family tragedies and, 3–5, 10, 12, 14, 19–20, 23–24
father’s depression and, 23–24, 26, 34–35
high school education, 27–34, 27, 35–36
household, 14–15
interest in crime, 21–22
masculinity crisis and, 20–21, 22, 25, 28, 32–33
parents and, 16, 17–18
religion and, 24–26
self-discipline and achievement, 3, 12, 16, 21, 28–29, 31–32, 35–36
siblings and, 16–17, 24, 25, 26
Washington, D.C. and, 12–14, 15
—civil service values, 291–92
Burns and, 94, 95
conservatism and, xi, xiv, xvii–xviii, 4, 103
family background and, 6, 7–8
FBI transformation and, 111, 134
JEH as villain and, 731
Library of Congress and, 40, 41
New Deal and, xv, 149
police tactics and, 111
Wilson administration and, 39
—conservatism:
abuses of power and, xv
civil service values and, xi, xiv, xvii–xviii, 4, 103
early career and, 103
election of 1968 and, 670
FBI public relations and, 191–92, 191, 195–96, 197
FBI transformation and, 117
influence and, xvi
Mann Act and, 202
moralism and, 113, 121–22, 191–92, 191, 195–96, 197, 202, 224–25, 291
progressivism and, xvi
Red Scare (1919–20) and, 71
religion and, 34
World War I political surveillance and, 276
—criticisms of, xiii
anti-lynching operations and, 314, 318
civil rights enforcement and, 447–48, 543, 545, 554–55, 596
Del Chorro Hotel and, 417
homosexuality and, 150–51
King’s assassination investigation and, 663
Mann Act raids and, 203
Masters of Deceit and, 464
McKellar budget challenge, 199–202, 203, 295
New Right defenses, 511–12
1960s generational issues, 640–42
Nixon administration years, 679, 693, 699–700
Palmer raids and, 110
Palmer Raids backlash and, 76
parole system and, 194
Pearl Harbor attack and, 256–58
personnel management and, 117, 212–13, 640–43
postwar Red Scare and, 359–61, 379
Truman and, 295
wiretapping/bugging and, 636–38
World War II era political surveillance and, 104, 227, 231–36, 243–44, 256–58
—FBI career:
assistant director appointment, 92, 94
Burns era, 92–97
director appointment, 110
FDR administration and, 148–50, 152–53, 167–68
fingerprint system, 5
Harding administration scandals and, 90, 98–99, 107
Kennedy administration and, 477, 479
Nixon administration and, 677–78, 697
resignation offer (1940), 234–35
retirement exemption, 568, 570, 578–79
Harlan Fiske Stone and, 105–7, 108–9, 110
successor possibilities, 697–98
Supreme Court and, 271
Truman administration and, 299–300, 306
See also Hoover’s FBI
—homosexuality:
criticisms and, 150–51
cross-dressing rumors, 534–35
Depression years and, 137–39
high school years and, 30
Kappa Alpha membership and, 47–48
Lavender Scare and, 398, 400–401, 406–7
new home and, 223–24
press attacks and, 700
psychoanalysis and, 401–2
relationship with Purvis and, 139, 141–44
RJK’s homophobia and, 534
Jess Smith’s suicide and, 97
Soviet targeting and, 535–36
wartime sexual policing and, 279–80, 398
Winchell and, 188–89
See also Tolson, Clyde, JEH’s relationship with
—honors and awards:
Catholic Church and, 366, 367, 609
conservatism and, 670
gangster violence campaigns and, 185, 186
J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, 732
Johnson administration years, 639–40, 670
Nazi saboteurs case and, 270
New Right and, 517–18
Nichols and, 673–74
Nixon administration and, 678–79
postwar Red Scare and, 379, 437, 452–53, 454–55
