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_ _ Where it breaks cut into crimes of violence, Prostitution, A fi Post Office Box 2118 _ Detroit - Michigan June.17,. 2959. - : ty c it] Inspector Me E, Gurnea "P New York, New York oe YY Re: FURDRESS;> = - . DETROIT GRNERAL ORGANIZED ~~. | O CRIME CONDITIONS. Bog f- ¥ Hof . Dear Sir: atalino -“ ; a ~. Reference 1g made to Bureau letter to this office dated June Nx 10, 1939, in which this office was instructed to aubmit 7 oF current information relative to general organized orime con- ar ditions in Detroit. in reference letter several suggestions ‘ are made concerning the matters that should be covered in: _— submitting this information. Although the outline in the. reference letter is not being followed exactly, all the infore - “ mation, requested available here is being set out herein, The Police Department of the City of Detroit ia ostensibly very cocperative with the Bureau and is a fairly effictent Police we Department, Due to the fact that Detroit de highly indus- trieiized and ig generally regarded as a liberal city, the Police Department apparently haa adopted, either as a broad eeneral policy or ag « matter of internal intrigue, a yery: -. tolerant attitude toward vioe and gambling generally, except - ae yar ~ 4 iLED handbooks, the numbers racket, and small money gambling, such ab single small roulette wheels, blackjack games, dice games, eto., run with little interference from the Police Department and other lew enforcement agencies in the City of Detroit, Houses of Prostitution Au extensive general investigation has been conducted by this office for the past aeveral months with reletion to prostitution, Prostitution flourishes most rampant in the Detroit area in the City of Hamtramck, located right in the middle of Detroit, although it is a separate, incorporate oity, in Mt. Clemene, a smell resort city located on the edge of greater Detroit, and , in Communities on the west edge of Detroit, auch as Ecorse, QALGIVAL F “Wyandotte and Dearborn. Houses of prostitution also flourish yao ¥ te ey FERE RAL GIIBFAT AS INYO LOR oy! " | REOORD En | ; a: ‘ ODExen oye pod