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To fen fT ON ME TH Bebo Cia oe, HUW Cy aw Roos Pi 0d aah SUAVIC On IN VS Tas TLIN IN THE We Tr, AT do PANT 2dpLIC SFE CLALS VALaNGt We. <- After the declaration of war by the United Slat-s against the acgressor forces of the world wr. John Logar Hoover, director of the Federal Burcau of Investizavion, undur the Lepartment of Justice of the Uhited States, or ‘se 1t wie Federal Secret Serwice, has become one cs tie most important puliic officials in the nation. He is charged with the direction ef an catcnsive net of services for the protection of the internal front of a uation a. war, ies hostilitice began, the Foderal Secret ‘Service was en- trusted with the custody of the large war industries, military plans and the pesple in general, against acte of sabotaye and espionage, on the part of external as well os internal en aies, The success of Mr, Hoover and the Secret Service has becn sensational, No entay agent hee becn able to commit an act of sabotage in the United States. r@plona_e is well controlleds the f..w attempta by spies were frustrated almost in tueir very beginning. This immense task of watching and guarding the movenents of the enemy agents requires, as never before, the abeolute attention of all the personnel of the service, 15 years Mr. Join tdgar Hoover haa served the nation loyally and disinterestedly for nineteen yeara. Pull of energy, youth, and desire to serve, he was named Tirector of the Federal Burtcau of Investigation in May of 1924. Having studied deeply the principles of Washington and Lincoln and full of fatth in God and in bia country, he tock charge of his iuportant position during a period when gun carrying and ,angsterisa: spread throughout the nation. fPevoting himeelf with all the vigor of his twenty-mine years to the extencination of the malefactors, the young official obtained the success he desired b, bringing to justice one “enemy of the public® after another, He criminal coula cecape the hands of the Secret Service, which was converted into the first ara of the police of the United States, Mr. Hoover, personally, is a stron, enemy of gunmen and gangsters, severe with all those who have broken the law, Believes in ] asocracy The best way co underetand the work carricd on by th: Federal Bureau of Investi,jatian is by understanding ita Director, He is a man who bel levees in desocracy, in the people, in their hopes and in «heir aspirations. He understands the problems of the people, because he is a aan of the peeple, His amtition is to fora a nation, Cree from the pernicious influence of the criminals, Toward those wno are sincere, he extends hia friendly and welcome hand, Re is a defender of all races. He has protected millions ef pcaceful legal residents, rorn“abroad, against the activities of the “vigilant® a wae Rm Ee am pace em oe ee renee mee re or oges .