Sen. Spessard L. Holland, Florida Democrat, today urged FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to lend every possible assistance to Florida authorities in bringing to justice those responsible for the bombing of a synagogue in Jacksonville. The Senator said he was "shocked over the lawless bombing incidents that took place in Jacksonville."
Republican Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York today urged immediate broadening of FBI powers to combat conspiracies and bombings in the South. He termed recent violence a "fifth column for disorder and anarchy." Speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. Javits said the recent attacks against synagogues and Negro schools would be exploited by Soviet propaganda to discredit the United States.
Chairman Emanuel Celler of the House Judiciary Committee today charged that a "confederate underground" is active in a conspiracy to blow up synagogues and schools in a number of Southern states. He demanded an immediate FBI investigation.
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