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a emeaeye sree a ch ae 5 ] Memo. for Mr. Tolson _ 5/15/35 participate in the work of the Commission as extraordinary members, and these experts are supposed te work with the offices of the International World Police with headquarters in New York. The Commission, without citing examples, claims to have enjoyed many successes, and states that they have been especially successful in the suppression of counterfeiting. The Commission states that many of the countries belonging to the Commission have established offices which are in close relation with the International Central Offices in Vienna at the seat of the Federal Police Directorate of Vienna, which is apparently maintained as a Federal criminal clearing house of criminal data by the Austrian Federal Police, Some of the branches of the Federal Police Directorate include the _* Internetional Central Office for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency, Cheques and Pepers of Monetary Value; the Informmtion Service concerning International Criminals; the Service of International Research; the International Rerister of Persons Detriment4l to Society; the Inter- netional Hureau for the Transmission of Finserprints and Photographs of Interneation:l Criminals, and the Internationel Centrnl Office for the Suppression of Porgine Fassports. By excheneing criminalistic material concerning international criminals, the central offices ere said to do very useful work. Two srecial. publicertions, one in Mnrlish end one jn German, are sponsored by the Commission, the title of the English - publication being "International Public Safety". —- Two International Police Congresses were sponsored by the Commission, the first in Berlin in 1926, and the second in Antwerp in 1930, Ten additional meetings heve been held as follows: Vienne - 1924, 1926 and 1930; Berlin - 1926; amsterdem - 1927; Berne, Switzer- ‘land - 1928; Antwerp, Belgium - 1930; Paris - 1931; Rome - 1932; and Vienna - 1934, The Commission states that the League of Nations is elso interested in the work of the International Commission, but does not cleim that the International Cormission has any connection with the League. ° Ever since the foundation of the’Commission, as set forth above, it hes had its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The present Police Fresident of Vienna is the President of the Commission. He is Dr. Michael Skubl, Police President and Director of Pyblic Safety, Vienna, Austria, He is at present assisted by seven Vice-Presidents, who are the representetives of Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia. In addition, he is assisted by an administrative committees composed of two Permanent Reporters, 6ne from log ge cog Lge yee sees