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J Edgar Hoover — Part 8
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ESRB eR Ig Palin ah cles agp
TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH
La Razon, January 19, 1944
When Al Capone, Dillinger, and other public enemies were showing
off in the United States their maximum pistol prowess and black mail, the
neme of John Fagar Hoover waa atill] little-known, T+ wos the anled neti an
Se ees AA ee ee eee Sew os eae _S ee We ee
of that class of organized crime which gave him the opportunity to make
himself well-knowm by the public of the United States, since as Director
of the National Bureau of Investigation he became the most skiliful and
implacable enemy of the dangerous elements which at a determined moment
caused a crumbling of the social stability of the great nation, Thanks
to his zeal and intelligence, the famous villains were falling one by one
into the nets of justice or met death in resisting with arms the authorities
of the country. The case is that Hoover gave chase to all of them and the
sinister organizations disappeared,
HOOVER
He
A Hunter of Criminals
ee
He pursues spies and saboteurs in the United States with implacable fury.
Ht
In Counterespionsge
After Fearl Harbor, or since the moment when the United States
declared war an the forces oppreasing the world, as it had been declared
before on internal criminals, Mr. John Edger Hoover, who was now Director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, of the Departaent of Justiocs, or
the Federal Secret Service, has been converted into .one of the most important
public officials of the nation, He is in charge of an extensive network
of services for protection of the internal front of a great country at war,
ea task which ig difficult and full of responsibilities. Upon the initiation
of hostilities, the Federal Secret Service took over the custody of the large
war industries, of military plans a eaten co ela nsten theeetuhe nian
of sabotage and espionage by foreign enemies as well as by those whe might
act from within, a
And the success of Mr, Hoover in such a troublesome task has resulted
in being simply sensational. Mo foreign agent has been able to commit an
act of sabotage in the United States. Espionage is perfectly coatrelied
and the little attempts initiated by enemies and traitors were frustrated
alscst at their wery beginning. This immense task of caring for and watching
over the movements of enemy agents requires as newer before the nost absolute
attention of all the personnel of the service who nevertheless have fulfilled
their mission with a true spirit of sacrifice and abnegation.
Hoover is temperamentally a defender of all races. He has protected
thousands of loyal residents born abroad against the opnpressiona of “vigilentes*
ce, eee ee Sree ete ey a tool i ok nd ae tow
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