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oy 1 a ee oan f vad aoa f. to f U. 3. BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION — ve DEPARTHENT OF JUSTICE ; ‘ Atlantic National Bank Building inner, Jeckacnville, Florida. “ eye Leg at Ratt Director, oe a See Division of Investigation; ° Washington, dD. Co Due to the transfer of the Wer Risk Insurance Litigation cases ok to thia Division, and the faot that always at this time of year the nigra- - tion of crooks from the North to Florida increases the work of this office — a to no small extent, I am presently in sort of @ peculiar end awkward posi- Se id 2 _ tion in handling and directing the work of the Division... 4 great mmber of — the War Riek cases pending here and leads received from other offices re- - wire immediate attention because of the nearness of trial dates, - - ” As ‘you ‘know, there are four agente ‘assigned to. this ‘office. ‘One of them, T. BE. Nance, is a comparatively new employee, being in the Service only since September 16, 1935, and many of the emergency and urgent matters | that require attention, because of their nature, cannot be assigned to him, due to his lack of experience. His wark still requires more than the average - amount of supervision. agent Roger L. Main, Resident Agent at Miami, Florida, has been in Puerto Rico since October 1, 1933.’ This leaves in the district © of this office only two experienced agents--R. L. Shivers and L. E. Kingman, The former is Resident Agent at Tampa, Florida, the other at Savannah, :." ~~ Georgia, Agent Kingman hae not been in the best of health and, although not _ confined to his howe has for some tim, I think, been slowed up considerably. . Agent Shivers, too, has been i111. October 20th and 21st, he informs me, be was oonfined to his home in Tampa with fodine poisoning. However, he is. now abbe to be out and went to Mienti on Ootober Rind, Where he is s handing "! _fhe Graf Zeppelin matter. ven se gn ROT eta ihe He : | micin rive 1y'{ r ' * ae iY - ‘ aon TFs, . a = wat a we nate os a ee ey “ode As always, at this ‘tine of year we more frequently ‘bare pallies: - “trom peace officers over the district who are holding men for Federal lew np. Tdariene and I have found it most difficult to give seme of these cases the. oe prompt attention they deserve. Court, too, during the past month has teken .<- _coneiderable toll of the time of our Agente and this will Continue Snronge - Last night I dispatched Agent Nance to vostern Florida to verity’ @ rumor to the effect that Verne Miller, with aliases, Fugitive, I. 0. £1105, one ey ae ne ee Aa : » GIS”