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J Edgar Hoover — Part 9
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prohibition period. They were too mach
Uncle dan ype themeelves in ‘various
Plater the repeal of the 18th amendment,
act were still expanding thelr feild until
afoul Of Mr. Hoover. ‘With warm
the pe: \
ly with taw-
1 college men, had modernized its:
» OT Bocal a officials. It took:
1 2 "
gt of the ‘enderworld figures ‘and ike
away the Unsel crowns of the 1
tacular work and it #
ef the public and justified
jatiohbs. But it was the
undercover accomplish-
ments, beginning before Pearl Harbor and
carried through afterward, which were
the most creditable of all. In the 30 hours
following the at , the FBI arrested about
14) enemy allens whom it had been watch-
wor .
explosion. We have had liltle sabotage
of any kind. That disruption of Industrial
dently @id not take place. "ven the thou-
‘sands of Japanese on the weat coast were
taken oare’of individually or en masse,
‘Today we have a federal agency which
will stand comparison with | Scotland Yard
tinttely more difficult than those of the for-
eign counterparts. We are indebted mainty
tc Mr. Hoover for this achievement. Hr
reorganized well, he has administered skil-
nh huis managed to to keep his office free
'ff2m politics and to win the confidelce «f
i
ithe public. He and the agency both dq-
safve congratulations on this anniversary
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