New Britain herald., 1918-09-18
'SPELLACY ON GUARD
 AGAiIy0I ihE kIvEMY
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that o1t1Ce a ciearis house for infor- nation, has produced that satisfactory result. It has been my effort to cut out red tape. It has been abolished in Connecticut, and there is not a
 Federal agency not working in com
 plete harmony with every other without friction and in absolute ac- cord,
 There is not a nook or corner of
 the state in which there arc not per
 sons ingaged in protecting and offlc- ally protecting the interests of the United States The American Pro- tectlve league is a voluntary associa- Ation of men, serving without pay and Awithout publicity, doing their work ; secretly and e:ectively, the member
 ship of which in the natUn is $50, 1000,
 and in this state more than 5000. It's Amembership embraces all classes and #t is lifficult If not impossible to es- 8cape it's vigilance.
 Preventive Policy Adopted.
 We have adopted the policy of wpreventinE rather than of punIshing. Full credit must be accorded the direct agencies of the government. The army intelligence and the navy Intelligence have performed really
 wonderful work in this state. The personnel of both organizations Is very high They are equipped
 splendidlJ with both officers and men.
 They have worked harm oniously with
 the agents of the Department of Jus
 tiee for the common good, and the results achieved testify to the hearty
 iTfb kAF
 tattves of those agencies:
 "Of tile agents 6F Ing syn depart
 nent. wilt say they were here long before the outbreak of the war: They
 have worked without regard to hours. Before the war a. complete census Of the state was taken bs them.
 They knew Connecticut and it's people,
 and were prepared for eventualities.
 At the outbread of the war, in fact,
 the day the war was declared, alien
 enemies were on their way to Fort ogelthorpe to be interned for the neriod of the war and others have followed them from time to time.
 Necessarily, little publicity has at
 tached to their work, and the war must be won before there can be public appreciation of the work of
 inc agents of the Department of
 Justice. Our lips now are sealed, eX-
 cept to give out the most mentary k information.
 Cleaning Up New London.
 "There are, however, one or two
 achievements of those combined
 agencies of which l am free to speak.
 In New London are thousands ot
 sailors, many of them not having s vet reached their majority. The ad-
 ministration had promised the mothers and fathers of the land that if their sons were called to the serV-
 ice of their country they would be surrounded by the same moral safe-
 guards as if they had remained at home It was incumbent upon me- in this state, to make good that
 promise I have done so.
 "I cite New London, not because crime in that city was any more prolific than in any other community, but simply because there were such
 large numbers of the naval men there that it was the first spot that we cleaned up.
 "I personally have prosecuted and presented to the United States court 104 cases from one city of violation of the prostitution and liquor statutes. There have been 104 convictions.
 Better by far that our boys be shot
 in the trenches of France or drowned on the high seas than that they should be corrupted both bodily and
 spiritually by women of that type. New London today is clean and will be kept clean. In this work,
 may I add, have received the hearty
 ,In TI Df
 6cials of New London. Tn a. lesser degree, similar work has been per I formed elsewhere in the state as the Procession has demanded it, We re- centIy have made two successful \ raids, for instance, in Bridgeport. Connecticut is not big enough for the women of the underworld and the bows wearing the uniform. The latter we welcome, the former we do not and if they prefer to stay they will he boarded at the expense of the United States for some time to come.
 There has been some criticism in I congress concerning so-called stacker raids. To my mind, one of the great est victories of this war. one of the I greatest achievements in all tho glorious history of our country. was the passage of the original selectivc draft act and the manner in which it was received by the people of the United States.
 "Without riot. even without protest, ten millions of the flower of our land registered for the draft and by that act offered their services to their coun- try They have responded cheerful!y and willingly as they have been called. The millions that have been called, < the millions that have responded to the