The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-19
NOT ALARMED
.PnNERT Ton Is
BY OLSHEVISM
ENcY HEAD
THINKS BIG 0ovERNMENI 90.
caET SERVICE FORCE SHOULD
10 FORMED TO 8AtE0OAnO
AcA,nar future DAN0ERS.

caET SERVICE FORCE SHOULD
A. EoRMeD TO 9AFE0UARO |
4oA,NaT FUTURE DANGERS.
r..-. !. ma Immediate cause FOR alarm
nver the inevitable spread OF n"as W.
Z, tha United States, accoroin1
liam A pinkerton. one OF the 80
- rinkerton Detective Aeencs' ,,,c. |,
~. sus-..a ~. convention OF chiefs OF police
- ~. .,r,ean. yesterday. In his az.
). n order that the country msns
=. 1>c,,.telv protected against TINS oSn
-hsch threatens disorganfzahoH -
rurone. the famous detective neao w.
the formation OF = large force Oh
,nent secret agents. HIS says: ,..
s.o.s~-~ thia honorable body adJoufns'
/, a..,-s 20 ~ . few words about bo.she-
.,.r, hitch. with the L w. W.. ana 'neA
r,ri n often have been. and. with m
creasinc frequency. must De 80
and dealt with by police officess
ar ~ YOU to consider my rema.Hs
for discussion and consloefa
tscr vitn q view Of finding. II possiDle.
-, "a cAntralixe q course for the iusu'
...,strnl AZ these elements that VIII pc ="
irnnrovcment over the heretofore .nu ..N
mite Hcasmodic, unsatisiactofS'
injurious methods. 20
erttic,.e past efforts OF city. state or 1eo,
eral organizations. During the auHoi IL.
condition. brought about by the vat.
mann. unforeseen situations developed tnA.
had In be handled with avauapie means
or those speedily developed. -.
w ". merely a passing anhoyanc,
ana q Bolshevism and any otnef suc"
,.ov.,rent can be successfully comoatteu'
|h.,r nropaganda reduced. ana tne.T
ercx.h controlled. II not ent'reiy
cated in this country, II taken Al ''a~
..pr,.r 70 the war. the secret service OF
the IYnited states consisted only OF =
em.Il force, probably no more tnan seven
five members, with their work restrict-
ed principally to acts against tne
u-y and guarding the president OF .o
1-r,..d state. This organisation. for its
s... ~. one Of the most efficient OF It's
Kind in the world. but being limited IN
,,,ynbers and scope of work. was NOT, AZ
tne breaking out Of the war, prepared 70
ceaI with the thousands OF cases tnas
sprung up requiring police and secret ser
vice work.
dressed into service an army Intelligence
iepartment navy intelligency department
/, and the department OF justice. ana tne'o
we're formed also such DISCRIMINATORY 90
! The American Protective league. the FRO
.ective Department OF the United States'
l,h;nrsn9 BOARD and Plant Protective de-
,artmert. this last for the protection OF
: manufacturers and plants having ialee
sovernn emit contracts.
! ..In ADDITION owners OF many other larss
plants err red in war work adopted sucn
aolice and detective service as each
teemed advisable. These various organi-
cations were working practically indepen-
IDENTIFY. Of each other under separate man
| agements and inexperienced investigators
with different plans OF operation oiten
1 on the same cases. ana because OF .ne
nd nn-nn
more often spoiled than accomplished re-
suits. At few Of the larger centres. an
attempt was made to centraiize and al.
vide this work, but. as rule, this Enes
with lack Of corporation.
| Persons to perform important govern.
ment secret service work In the army and
navy intelligence departments. were -.
iected from among doctors. bankers. mer-
chants architects. etc.. and am credita-
| oly informed that OF these less than one
! GER cent. or one person In each hundred
had previous police or detective expert
ence This created separate forces o.
thousands. without training. for vitality
important work. which. at all times, re-
quires training and experience to be o,
real service
..rhe limited results achieved by these
hastily organized intelligence or secret
service departments. are known to yos
through your almost hopeless efforts &
Incorporate and assist these inexperienced
forces. Their inexperience. zeal. or 5eai
ousies frequently spoiled important clues
of cases that otherwise could have beef
successfully developed. The ineffective
ness OF such work was well illustrates
by the recent congressional investigation
into the army intelligence department
methods, In connection with their work re
iating to the I. w. w. and anarchists
and the very meagre results secured b.
that department.
i ~
agents in this country. who. after estab
| Hsiling themselves in positions wber'
they could secure valuable Information
for the government. have been exposes
and their usefulness destroyed by incom
tpetent handling of the information the.
secured. It takes effort and time, some
times years az we all know. to properi.
establish sources Of Information to be o
value, and when so established, careful
protection must be maintained.
This government. fortunately, got by
with its secret service work during tn
last four years. The German government
Van Bernstorff and other German repre-
sentAtives. starting late, were forced {,
use crude methods in their efforts to es
tablish espionage and propaganda work IL
this country. The millions Of foreigner
and aliens within our borders were mostl,
peaceful. Our ships. railroads great mu
milton plants, and our great nanufac
tories were not seriously molested. for tn,
isolated results Of general ORGANIZED ef
forts. but this does not warrant the con
clusion that we shall be 50 fortunate II
the future.
"The experiences we have been through
In these past four years should guide q
for the future. and we should know an,
be fully informed Of what II In ou
midst by having a federal secret servic
of ample size. possibly one thousan
lagents, properly established for this worn
federal force OF trained detectives tina
win centraIize, connect up and weave to
Ieether data gathered by its represents
lives east west north and south. TIT