J. Edgar Hoover

Before his presidency Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio and couldn’t move his legs. When he was ... ... middle of paper ... ...s liked and respected by many. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the most significant person of the twentieth century. Roosevelt spent almost half of his life in office and was one of the most prestigious presidents to date. He helped the United States get through one of the worst crises of the century.

The next example was in the Washington post it says “Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon all considered sacking him, Hoover. Even in the 1960s, he had a strong public image as an honest, competent law enforcement technocrat.” (Ackerman Washington post). He was such a powerful public figure and the public were amazed over the FBI that if a president fired him it would be more devastating for the presidents than it would for Hoover. Presidents such as Kennedy and Nixon knew that Hoover would have something on them and if he were let go than whatever he had on them would not only become public but the headline. “In 1936 Roosevelt instructed Hoover to keep him informed on fascist and Communist activities in the U.S. Hoover took the opportunity to increase his d... ... middle of paper ... ...ing organized crime and foreign threats posed during wartime and other foreign spy agencies.

He began his career at the U.S Department of Justice in 1917, quickly rising from attorney General A. Mitchell Palmers’ assistant, to the head of the General Intelligence Division, and eventually reaching the position of director of the FBI (“J. Edgar Hoover”). Next, as the director of the Bureau of Investigation Hoover increasingly became fearful and anti-communist, focusing on the Black Panthers, Martin Luther King and many other political groups he saw as threatening to society. Though various methods of manipulation including blackmail, wiretaps, raids and unnecessary arrests, Hoover did everything in his power to disp... ... middle of paper ... ...t. The actual arrest was made by agents Clarence Hurt and Dwight Brantley” (Bardsley, Marylin). Further proving that Hoovers false glorification of himself was true, and depicted correctly though Tolson’s clarification.

W.W. Norton & Company. New York -- London. 1997 Woodward, Bob. Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987. Simon And Schuster.

Hoover swept through the department and fired agents with questionable ... ... middle of paper ... ...velt to obtain communications and tactics of suspected spies and war enemies. Though controversial it terminated the largest spy ring in operation in this country (Denenberg 79-81; Directors). Through the years Hoover’s dedication in raising the importance if the FBI helped to expand the Bureau’s jurisdiction and responsibilities (Directors). J. Edgar Hoover’s record of notable government service has never been matched. He transformed the bureau from a badly managed, corrupt organization to a quality law enforcement agency.

Comparing the Position and Powers of the US President and the UK Prime Minister Political instinct alone seems to dictate to many that the American president - 'the world's most powerful man' - is the most powerful politician in any of the world's democratic nations. He is at the head of the world's most modern military force and the world's largest economy. What the president says is reported around the world and world share markets can fall or rise on any public statement by him. But is he the western world's most powerful politician? In America, the president is the best known of many politicians.

The era of Don Carlo, which lasted from 1957-1976, was enormously prosperous for the Gambino Crime Family. At the beginning of his rule he, and many other crime families, ran into a pretty large roadblock. As Gambino was being sworn in as leader of the Cosa Nostra, President Elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a man who had “sworn to destroy people like him and rid the nation of the scourge of organized crime” had also been sworn in”(Davis 87). The Kennedy brothers, with Robert as head of the McClellan Committee, was the first time that the executive branch of the government directly went after organized crime. Before Kennedy, presidents had even been opposed to going after the mob Harry Truman and Eisenhower discouraged hearings like Kefauver’s to proceed.

Over the past 200 years, the United States of America has experienced many different types of presidents. Some were great presidents, and others were not so great. It is difficult to take on the role of presidency, since you have an entire country depending on you even when you sleep. Teddy Roosevelt took on this role as presidency in an extraordinary fashion. He was certainly one of the utmost presidents of the early 20th century, and is often thought to be one of the greatest presidents in United States history.

The Bureau become went after mobsters such as John Dillinger. Hoover became the face of the Bureau and the G-Men became popular that they were featured in Hollywood films. The Bureau was confronting an image problem and was called several names throughout the years. Therefore, Ed Tamm came up with the new name of the Bureau, FBI, which stood for fidelity, bravery and integrity. Hoover gave full credit to Attorney General Cummings for the name

However, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led our country at times when a great leader was needed. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the greatest president of the United States because of his New Deal, his great leadership skills, and his strong and deep connection to the people of the United States. President Roosevelt initiated the only program that could pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression. Roosevelt’s New Deal got the country through one of the worst financial catastrophe the U.S. has ever been through. Diggerhistory.info biography on FDR states,” In March 13 million people were unemployed… In his first “Hundred Days”, he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and those in danger of losing their farms and homes”(Digger History Biography 1).