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. initiated a nation-wide search for additional men who are members of the gang responsible for this massacre. Furthermore, in so far as this Division imors, Mr, Reppert has not submitted to the United States At- torney any information in the vossession of the Kansas City Police De- partment, nor has he submitted to this Division any information in possession of his Department ‘indicating a solution of this crime by his Departsent. If he is actually in possession of any information which would be of value in the solution of this crime and has failed to subunit this information to the proper prosecutive officials, he has then been derelict in the performance of his duties. 4. Mr. Reppert is alleged to have stated that this Division rendered ' practically no assistance in the case of the kidnaping of Mary UcElroy; that the results.obtained could have been as readily obtained by toe local euthorities without the essistance of the Federal euthorities. Mr. Reppert seems to be totally ignorant of the fects in this matter. As a matter of fact, the essistance of the representa- tives of this bivision at Kansas City has been publicly commended by ‘Judge Wetlroy, City Menager of Kansas City, those deughter was kidnaped and who is a superior of Kr. Reppert. In general comment upon Mr. Reppert's remarks, it might be observed that Kansas City, Missouri, has for some time past been the Mekka and hang-out for the most vicious criminal element in the United States. Mr. Reppert in his remarks concerning the Kansas City massacre seems to overlook the fact that the gang responsible for this massacre nade Kansas City their princival place of abode, and he likewise overlooks the fact that following this massacre it was at Kansas City that $200,000 of the Urschel ransom money was paid to members of the same gang. Tnis Division has received practically no substantative assistance or coopsra- tion from the Kansas City Police Department since the messacre at the Kansas City Plaza, either in the way of a solution of that case, or in any other as- sistance incident thereto.