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Eliot Ness — Part 5

27 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Apr 2, 1943 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Eliot Ness · 27 pages OCR'd
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o ‘of the Lar Lepartment, Dre af 4 ¥ e i » € eM oe * ae . omg? ME S v eo Net _* JOHN ENGAR HOOVER ot oe f ; wa eat ty wet TRE % os + RECTOR = be tee a ’. , “tte, Era a x Federal Bureau of Investigation K ee ee United States Departinent of dustice we Foask: . e women cae Washinaten, O.¢. ree fat : F hoe Re aaree % a . x 4 Be Boehloe an seeps . February o, 1942 des thastee fie. Rotten Ners Qgimn Tao . . Ro Harke MEMORANDUM FOR THE LIRSCTOR tote. Room Mig. Heat aiviect 7 Meise Testa On January 22nd I attended a conference in the office of oo re — ye =~ cs me iy Federal ¢ cegurity A TEE {ONUES » _.. hich 2 wast cad d Led for gre purpose of discuss the € rebt. of thepivay Act and potential pilus for tts enforce.ent. Tlattendahes at the con erence accition to ine [Me Sate and Tr. vayne itdier of his eta were eee Gr Era vonderlehr of the Unt Se jublye Health Service, onelf¥an Srunt {Snow of the Amertean Locimi cystene heynolcs onc parter of the Navy heparts.ent, rgeon Cenerag of the army, ang ir. FLLtotet ion, Commanders John \EfoAfeee, Assistent & ese of }Cleveland, Ohio, who has. been doing work for #£r. foNutt's organt- The discussion was lengthy as to the steps that were being taken te "close? various areas tn the vicinity of Miditary canps, the verb Nolosing" referring to some mandate is:ued by docal authorities prohi~ biting the operation of houses af prostitution. Shen called upon or observations in behalf al une. aurean a8 to the 2 extent af prosec:tton, number oF uiolations of the “hite Slave Trafrie Aet, ets, FT outlines pmans rs the -ureau’s current” experiences and took Tecue with £litous eee On ’ an S aumber “of Statements. esc at one point recommended the esiabitshment: of a “yederal law “against prose turion, whtek YF ridiculed to the point “ that he withdres the suggestions No OFfTTE Stl ve program oe pod stated that Kr. “tiler and ll Ne the meetings ey was adopted, although it wes ‘would write up some minutes of 2 5 a 2 ke & It might be _poted thot Dre Parrin, [re Voncertehrland Dr. Grow . were particularily strong in. their staterents_ concerning the oocirabi tity, of furnishing the FST with funds and Agents necessary ta. put some teeth inthe May Agt and enforce. IS through the_- declaration of we= stricted areas. Lf outlined in detail the Sureau! S$ position with reference to any activity under the May Act pointing out that until the Sureau received funds, hired Asents, trained and asatgoned them to the Teele, no action could be taken by the Parca 6-4000-/b-0S we Se ro 73 Resp b Pure Ys Peg ae RAD i ‘ So oe we) * Sone ; wor Pk es * i ee rn ) , 3 PA ae : Pr a F po : SO Beware A. Tamm 2 on po Mae k tak nel \
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