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vi 7 Face U. S. Jury § In Lepke Hunt Reported To Be Relatives of Racketeer; Special Care Taken to Guard Secrecy The Federal Grand Jury impaneled on Monday for an investigation of the criminal elements of the nation and those that harbor them. with special attention to be centered on a hunt for Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, fugitive industriai racketeering chief, began its activities yesterday with the hearing of two witnesses. These were an elderly gray-haired woman and & portly middle-aged man whose identities were not made known but who were reported to be relatives of the fugitive gangster. Their examination by Jerome Doyle, Assistant United States Attorney, was preceded by a short address to the jury by Mr. Doyle on the scope and nature of the government's in- quiry. Elaborate precautions have been taken by John T. Cahill, United States Attorney directing the govern- ment's inquiry, to protect witnesses and guard the secrecy of the inves- tigation. All witnesses, it was d covered yesterday, are to be taken through a basement entrance at the northeast corner of the Federal Bullding in Foley Square, and are to be rushed by special elevator to the sixth-floor offices of the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation. A secret corri- Gor leads from the F. B. f. office to the grand jury chambers on the same floor. a. Edgar Hoover to Confer 4t the conclusion of the first day's session, Mr. Cahill would sav only that the grand jury would resume its inyestigation at 2 p. m.. today. P. E. Fexworth, local head’ of the F. B. I. wlio is co-operating with the United Sthtes Attorney's office. said that J. Etgar Hoover, national director of Te Ve ge Bert 6 oe Assncipted Pro Inapector Joseph Donoran (left), in charge of criminal identifica- tion, and Fifth Deputy Police Commissioner Martin Meaney, in charge of the police printing plant, looking over the first of the new posters run off yesterday offering a reward of $25.000 for Louis (Lepke) Buchalter “dead or alive” CLIPPING FROM NEV YORK HERA LD TRIBUNE, AVES i339 FORKARDED BY NEW YORK DIVISTO