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aot December 31, 1937. ee - : a . RIT vA RewueD 1 Py L ° BAC ABERDEEN DENVEn LOUISVILLE PITTSBURGH ALASKA DES MOINES MEMPHIS PORTLAND ATLANTA DETROIT MIAMI PUERTO RICO BIRMINGHAM EL PASO MILWAUKEE RICHMOND BOSTON HARTFORD NEWARK SALT LAKE CITY BUFFALO BAWAII NEW ORLEANS BAN ANTONIO « BUTTE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO CHARLOTTE INDIANAPOLIS OKLAHOMA CITY SEATTLE CHICAGO KANSAS CITY OMAHA ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI KNOXVILLE PEORIA ST. PAUL CLEVELAND LITTLE ROCK PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON, D. C. YD DALLAS LOS ANGELES PHOENIX - 4 ry i Dear Sir: - , On December 20, 1937, in the ease of Frank Carmine Nardone, eons thon Tle teen Se ne lB MO ee Oe et al, against wie United Slates, phe pupr eme Court held thatt evidence obtained by wire tapping is not admissible in the trial of a tase in Federal Court, This\iecision has been the subject of considerable comment in the newspapers. For your guidance in connection with the use of ‘telephone taps, I desire to advise that the Bureau's policy with reference to the use of telephone taps will not be changed in any regard by this decision. The Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Bureau has for a period of years absolutely prohi theyauthorization ofAhe the future. Ith alwa wnich I have he only in those ed the installation of telephone taps without yrecior, and this policy will be continued in tance in which the proper development ible without the use of telephone taps. It is signifi nyo note? at the: ‘Bhceau has never attempted to introduce into a Federal ~ etide a9 Drainéd “ynrough the use of a telephone tap. Sal Ste, outtines, e Bureau's policy will continue under l regulatigns which have existed haretofore and no Very seay be 2 IY [34 q A] GH reves, John Edgar Hooover, Director.