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. e 4 » ee — STANDARD Pones tm. 06 . Nw G \ Ae —— a He Pa ~ ‘ a . cd » ws Office Men, “ andum + UNITED ST. "20 GOVERNMENT roe ggemmpe Pe fA-ro } Mr, Dek | pats: April 21, 1959 FROM : | u Mg VY —- Daz) Al naz = suByEcT: “THEXUNTOUCHABLES" ee Re WTOP-TV; 10:00 P.M. , 4/21/59 _ A Ce, Part I of the two-part television presentation based on , ._ Eliot Ness'heok, "Tht Untouchables," appeared last night. This is the “story of the drive againgt At Capone by the Prohibition Enforcement Unit _ Of the Treasury Department. : oe While the preprogram publicity and schedule announcements ~ [kent stating that this was the story of the "FBI versus Al Capone," thé: —- drama ftself makes it clear that the FBI is in no wayinvolved. _ SRT ot The time of this segment of the drama was 1929 and 1930 at . which time Capone was incarcerated on the basis of a concealed weapons charge _ to which he pleaded guilty in Philadelphia. It is to be noted that the Prohibition - Enforcement Unit was shifted to the Justice Department in 1930 but its operations remained entirely separate from those of the FBI and outside of the Director's responsibility. It was not until June 10, 1933, (after Capone had been sentenced to prison following his conviction for income tax evasion) that President - Roosevelt ordered the Prohibition Enforcement Unit and the Bureau of Investigation consolidated into the Division of Investigation within the Department of Justice under Mr. Hoover's directorship. ; ; . ~ Pers =~ The drama is well done ands narrated by Walter Winchell ina lrerz effective style. We will watch Part II which will appear next Mon _ fon the Desilu Playhouse. = t= Tete RECOMMENDATION; =D —— a : None. For information. Y :