Hoover was a bachelor who had lived for years with his mother. After her death his cherished companion was an FBI associate, Clyde Tolson. He had a brother and sister, but George Allen could not recollect his ever mentioning them.11 His extracurricular passion was to go to the races with Tolson and Allen. He was obsessed by what he saw as a decline in sexual morality and was exercised even over the personal appearance of FBI agents. He detested long hair and beards. Jackets were to be worn. Suits were to be dark, shirts white, ties conservative. Red ties were evidence of insincerity. He
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