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* Heads of G. O. P. tieket--A whirlwind political éampaian thruout New York is for the highest offices in the Empire State. swego, for comptroller; Caleb H. epublican nominees Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, tarney general. They vention in p Alneny cee By WALKER STONE “Justice De partment agents operut- ing under the Bureau of luvestiga- tion -have been ‘embarrassed by the transfer of. prohibition enforcement From the “Treasury Department, ed ag: | A the Justice ‘Department. - Before this transfer the public had ittle difficulty in distinguishng be- tween probbition agents and Jurlice 4 Departm- at agents. But now pro- hibition ‘agents are. also Jastice De- Sol partment agents. = >Yet the Burea2 of Investigation” agents are_not pro- Libition-“iagents and the ‘prohibition agents , are now general inv estigatora. The two fields’ of operation are Sep- arste and distinct. wate of: 4 in the public mind, however, there dis. tonfision, “Tt is _now ‘no uncam- ss i bon experiehee. for | a Bureau of In- reftigatin’ ‘agent, ‘porsuing informa- : on some matter in no way re- ii, to. prohibition, ‘fo “find - his ‘at-1 tempts” at inquiry thwa b a : rae that he, thwarted pare etdata on prohibition viplations.“.* s Neverse {s te with Prohibi agents, | 2 ahi nituation cf - believed to be esponsible for a recent order issued in the Bureau of Investig gation @i- ch of the agents.in that bureau-to identify hinksp}t: in any of are ‘pictured here after their no vaination on Baumes, of Newburgh, we ree aaerere planned by this quartet of Left to right are Danicl H. Conway, of for lieutenant governor; former U. S. District of New York City, for governor; and Jsadcre Bookstein, of Brooklyn, for at- a | wet platform at the party” 'S siate con- "Agents and Dee ena bis activities as an agent of the : <0 reau of Investigatién, Justice De- partment, instead of _ classifying himself lovrely 8 2 id ustice Depart. ont agent. ‘9 5 Newspaper “writers | are “being” re qucsted to obse rve the gistinction. - Necessity for Shi” idistinction j is obvioux. _ Suppose ¥ Bureau of In- vestigation agent is:Inquiring into a Violution of the National Banking Act, the Naturalzation _ Act, the White Slave Act or some mail fraud. Some important govprnment witness In one of these nerionus crimes easily might be one who. havin= trouble with prohibition’ aut oFities... If this witness * ‘ Fuspects. that - “the ‘investi- gator, might |. seeking evidence against him in’ a pr naturally will not, VWs: as frecly'a as The Bureau: of’ vestigation has nothing to do with: he securing of evidence ‘In - prohibjtt more than st had: re evforcement was un er ihe Treasury rtment. -. ; : Inke ge “ave a ‘multiplicity ripties t but pro- hibition work is not among them. These investigators: ave to secure evidence op .y “prohibition | laws, naturalization laws, immigra- 4 tion laws, internal revenue Jaws, > crimes on the high seas, crimes on - Federal reservations, thefts ftom In- tirstate shipments, white slave laws, -| national auto theft lawa, treason and yy sedition et cetera ad infinitum, ibltion case, he: &