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J Edgar Hoover — Part 9

64 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: J Edgar Hoover · 64 pages OCR'd
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! : TO a _ auhine abate hee > alaighidalbaagh aadtiaetihanges Bick ee prohibition period. They were too mach Uncle dan ype themeelves in ‘various Plater the repeal of the 18th amendment, act were still expanding thelr feild until afoul Of Mr. Hoover. ‘With warm the pe: \ ly with taw- 1 college men, had modernized its: » OT Bocal a officials. It took: 1 2 " gt of the ‘enderworld figures ‘and ike away the Unsel crowns of the 1 tacular work and it # ef the public and justified jatiohbs. But it was the undercover accomplish- ments, beginning before Pearl Harbor and carried through afterward, which were the most creditable of all. In the 30 hours following the at , the FBI arrested about 14) enemy allens whom it had been watch- wor . explosion. We have had liltle sabotage of any kind. That disruption of Industrial dently @id not take place. "ven the thou- ‘sands of Japanese on the weat coast were taken oare’of individually or en masse, ‘Today we have a federal agency which will stand comparison with | Scotland Yard tinttely more difficult than those of the for- eign counterparts. We are indebted mainty tc Mr. Hoover for this achievement. Hr reorganized well, he has administered skil- nh huis managed to to keep his office free 'ff2m politics and to win the confidelce «f i ithe public. He and the agency both dq- safve congratulations on this anniversary
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