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_ in the somtrtx eivil Sdentifiention field. In addition to these wees ws the records of the Bureau are frequently of aia in tdertitying » wire deceased persons © or amnesia victins. ; a " When the records contained in the ) Bureau's files 1 were feund te: possess such great. value for erinins} ‘= Purposes, man) daw onforeenent 3 | agencies initiated the practice of routing or clearing through the — Bureau, fingerprints of applieants for position are de whether they had previous eriminal resords. In addition, various branches of the a! ae . armed services of the United ‘Btates ize ¢ ’pon oosasion, have learea - abet fingerpriste threugh the Bureau in this panners identifiestions . averaging 5 per cont of e11 these prints handled. : The United States Civil Service Comaisaton adopted this rastice : about four years ago. Ino large nunber of eases it was fount persens . aps ie whose offenses were detected through the fingerprints, had cia a untruthful | answers to questions on the application blanks. : Pe _ _ Results obtained in such identification work were 0 favorable * i “that on suly 1, 1932, the Civil Service Fingerprint Division » was sonselidated | “with thet of the United States Bureau of Tavestigetion ame pte a i _ ee Since atk fingerprint ddentifieatsons made by the Bureau ere “ handled through ‘the prints subaitted by 16802 jaw, enforeenent agencies, SAE - business man ‘er Jerge onpleyer . of laber would heve to ‘seoure the coopera i tion of his loenl law onforoenent sgenotes in submitting any fingerprints . . “to the Bureau. . if these agenotes are willing to send ‘the fingerprints. . an te ‘Fesnington, the Buren of t Pexanthgt Investigation © will a