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NOFA RR eer ee LOS ANGELES TIMka DARD 7-77 F.B.I. Director Says Lio: g of Bugsie Helps Spread Crime | By a Times Staff Co*respondent, WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.’ ‘The danger of more wide- reaq criminal violence is| typified by the way in which] ugsie Siegel and “his crim, al_scum were ionized, BI. Director J. loover today warned graduates of the National Po- lice Academy, . . Unless the American public is aroused, the country is liable to experience a far more serious rime wave than that which hag caused 50 much recent concern, he declared in deploring the “shortsighted, provincial view- point” of many citizens toward w enforcement agencies. He er singled out Siegel as an e: , and his criminal scum were flonized and their favors sought, @fter in socalled respectable jal circles, The glamour that rounded his life in all its le implications was shocking: disgusting, but Siegel was a bol He ‘fronted’ for more inister and despicable charac-! rs—the ‘untouchables’ who! lire mercenaries to do their work.” =.’ - : ~ Crime could be greatly re duced, particularly sex offenses, if law enforcement agencies! ere given active public su rt, the F.B.I. chief maintains juvenile delinquency is du irgely to “neglect of our youth,’ e said. G2!) _ 2837| §¥ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIO S. DEE SST MENT ME USTICE SEP 30 1947 LOS ANGELES FIELD OFFICE 2 nS UTED FO FL,