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We appreciate his oppositicn to the formation of a national police force, of which he was slated to be the head, because he was against any force has alwaya contznded that FBI should be designed so as to assist local lew ecforcament officers, end to furnish them with special services suoh as finger- print files, the FEI National academy, the Technical Laboratory, and epher such features. When we found ourselves involved in this last worléride catastrophe we were especially greteful to Mr. Hoover for the preparatory work he had done, as a result of which hiatory now records that not one single act of enemy saboteurs and espionage agents was successful. On the first aay of Werld Wer gi, 62 dangerous enemy agente were arrested. Within the first 2i; houre of Werld war ; 1,700 key figures of the enemy Fifth Colum were taken into custody, and this figure rose to more than 16,000 before the war was over. He had leid bis plans well, for members of his staff had been assigned te, and had actually graduated from the German espionage schools. The German general staff plan to we the asi Fifth Colum ea an active arm of its military force and ectivete the new infamous Brandenburg Regiment was checked in its inception. With a high record of socomplishment in every field of activity unde: the jurisdiction of his bureau, Mr. Hoover, has never lost sight of the fact that FBI is maintained for and by the taxpayers of America. In the past 10 year. the taxpayers have invested 200 million dollars in the cost of maintaining and operating FRI. During that same period fines imposed in cases investigated by the FBI, and recoveries of stolen goods, and other savings seeruing to the government have amounted to 29, million dollars. In other words, we, the Saxpayers, have received his excellent services and have been paid a dividend o: ee MILLION DOLLARS OW OUR VEST mE RT.