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ian Callahar J. MeCarthy 60 Broad Street Flizabeth, KF. J. 4 Co Pr. J. Edgar Foover Department of Justice Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Hoover: I wish to thank you for your commnication of December 12 and, also, for the copy of your illumi- mating address delivered at the Attorney-General's conference on crime in Weshington on December ll. Your reference to a national training school for law-enforcement officers meeta with the approval of every rai-bloofied American who tesires to see the police force divorced from polit! qgnorpen Nrroving = ——CT ITZ 7 CM Wy observattdnk’ Grind teers lead elegy 8 believe thet the only way to solwe the problen | S408 OF INVESTIGATION acre all police orders emanate from the nationel ia » With all the stetes and territories eog¢rdinated ECP Pe inte one police unit and eack state coopersting aS Ar G the others. This would redound to the advad tage the whole United States. It ie only natural thet when the local poli- a tician is appeeled to he exerts his influence in arder to meinteain bis good graces with the voters. If the orders were issued from Weehington it would relieve him of this self-imposed duty and the communities would benefit, erime would decrease, and the glorified gang- ‘ster who appears too often on the front page of our obituary column where he belongs. Instead of having 4 cooper easket and e floral parade with a morbid, curi- ous audience, he would receive the seme Americen funeral that we e1] receive when we answer the lest roll call. You ere doing good missionery wrk, for which you will receive the proner credit fin the hot fer dis- tant foture. You have laid a solid foundetion, and it will not require many years for the American public to appreciate the sfforts, vision, and foresight of John Fdger Hoover in ertermineting America's criminals.