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EDGAR HOOVER. : . pikacTror C : Q) CC-28T Mr. Tolson , * ur, E. A. Tamm Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. Clegg___ . ; Mr. Glavin Rnited States Bopartment of Justice Mr. Ladd Washington, A. €. Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen March l6, 1943 Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Coffey Mr. Hendon Mr. Kramer Mr. McGuire Mr, Harbo Mr. Quino Tamm__ RE: { ‘CONFERENCE HELD IN OFFICE OF Tele. Room HENRY SWEINHAUT REGARDING THE Mr, Nease inal tee eee . miga Beata BY “THE AUPREUE CouRr - - Miss Gandy i il I attended a conference in Henry \Sueinhaut 's yw Office today relative to the effect of the{lcWabb o and nderson ~ ; » dectstona on Federal criminal procedure. if addition to Sweinhaut ‘and myself, there were "precen ¢ aman Louis B. Schwartz, george Desston, and Irvin Goldstein. he last three menttoned men ~ < N ~ are from the Criminal Diviston. The following matters were discussed. l. POSSIBLE LEGISLATI CGN Lp Thia tdea was brought up by Schwartz, but tit was pointed out that tt would be almost imposstble to design legtslation to cover all the poasthilities of arrest, detention and arratgnment by the FBI or Sew le Fee eS we Siew & Toney ie any other Federal investigative agency, and also. that the Constituti onal {2 difficulttes would be tremendous. 2 2. THE CREATION OF § ME AGENCY IN THE wad 1s 7 ¢. i= SS DEPARTMENT TO PASS UPON EACH CASE be ~ Dession made thts suggestion. was against it an the ground that it would throw too much en on the, Departe ment. It was also pointed out that the administrative detatl invob ed } would be trememdous due to the volume of arrests, and itt was the general concensus of opinion that such a plan would not be workable. _. The suggestion was then.made that United States Attorneya or their Asstatante attend the questioning of suspects and prisoners, I pointed out that thie would he phyatecally imposstble tn utew of the fact thet many tines indi viduals are questioned at places where no United States Attorney ts available. q 3. INSTRUCTIONS TO UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS of er... ae Schwartz stated that the Attorney Gen of" Wee Toeied “nd der that inatructions must go out promptly tp all United qi States fi ee| 5 Aatornens relative to the Suture asrgnt” qf RAR eST* se a a waar tee, tl a oe “eatxom ne 4 _ : VEO 6 1956 o “3