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Eliot Ness — Part 3
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tndteated that he felt some sert of orqanisation was regutired
whieh would enable such work to be carried on outside the definite
Sth lenartiaents usuadiiy looked jo toe cane pith aueh gti so:
Are bosaudea of beth the lack of funds and alse, and more boon te
antilu, because their every expenditure and agtton ia open to tae
serutray of the Clicveland City Council which in such matters is
not partioularly sympathetic, He concetved the idea that for
carrying on such work, a apecial committee af the Cleveland safety
Couneti would be an apprepriate means. He pecis thts ts ap. ronriate
beotuse the Safety Counetl ts vitally interested in the sajety of
dife and property of the Cléy. Aliso, the Safety Council is a
going coneern, thus eliminating the necessity for the organization
of &@ New group or body to carry on the work, Me aise feels it
wise to utilive the safety Council a8 aoareup in which te werk
because, Should the experiment not prove satisfactory, if can
be abandoned readily, and with t2ttie or no public ity.
in general the plan ce compatan woudd be to werk through
lenprovecs of the UEP TOUS tindtpidual establishments, F¢ Ys pra-
sed that tndustry furn gh the spectali comnittee af the Safety
pee ed with lists of capievees whoo in the opinion af the industry
ca
nuolued are "trustworthy", ioget the impression hat not may
names would be needed or wanted but they Should be individucis whe
are stratecteally foeated in the plant and mioht te in position to
niek up vainable information, Phese individuals world be tiaroughly
impesttanted br methods whieh annarentiy fess has avatiahle and are
effective, and whitch, we were ass ured would in no vey @teclose te
anyone the “aet that such Jists of names were furnished by the
employers, "rom that point on, intustry world Rave no urtier parte
fhe speetal committee wondd consist, at least of the followine:
Director Ness, ot. Nasking af the Navy Intelligence tv ston, Card
gmita, Seeretary of the Cleveland cafsety Council, Comkender foud
of the Navy Inteiiicence Neserves, and possibly ong or ie others.
Aid of their centacts witht their contact men in the vurtious tndus-
triad olants weuld be held entirely off the premises, and no one
contact man would know who any of the ather contact men were.
it is felt that fer carrying on the wark for one year would
eeguire a budget, of $50,000, or It meas ost inated, an the basis of
the thomber of emndoyees tn the concerns thus far censidered, abeaut
I Lf ag per emp lovee per month, Jt apparently aas been Cecider by
the committee that the number of employees tn an ineustry shovid be
the basis of the contribution tomareé the work by the taduatry, IF
igs intended to cover the entire radustrial area tn the Cleveiend
listrick and not limtt the work to the established Carporntion Limies
af the ctty. hey are pranesina that the plan os outlined he cerptied
an for a period of three momen, ae the end of enich bare ti con be
left to the consensus of eptnion as to whether it is werth while
and there te any need for continuing.
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