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ORO report the Agonte 'eonstitutes an intelligence srvey or hoodlun. racketeering activities in the Chicago area, based upon Informstion made available to the Chioago Field Division. :This report is not meant to reflect a camplete picture of organized crime, as.it exists today,.but is an attenpt to establish s solid foundation p basis for further study, inguiry and expansion.. As for the general style used in presenting the materia? gathered, the reader,will note that in most instances statements are attributed to no particular source. The reasons for thie practice iare two-fold. (1) ' Since the project is an intelligence surve and not an investigation looking toward prosecution, evidence and testimony as'to conditions set forth will not be required. (2) This report synopsizes the material located Tor the most part in numerous files of the Chicago. Field Qffice.. In these files of course the sowrces are indicated.' Individual files have been opened .. practically all the fifty-five hoodlums believed'to. be the most outstanding, who are listed in Seption II, Part Ix. There material has been taken fron books or publications tbe source is indicated.by footnotes.