Evening star., 1921-12-04

trative branch of the government, Mr..
esting innovations in the business of
detecting crimes. Schools for woman
Investigators and even a woman S
squad in the detective service is Wis
lolied by him. Women are now utiliz-
ed in the bureau of investigation only
as they are needed for some particu-
lar bit of work. Contrary to the
general conception. there is no regu-
lar working staff of women.
After they have gone through the
detective training schools these newly
appointed special investigators cannot
sit back and live comfortably on a
government job while wv. j." is di-
recting them. He says so himself:
by the merit system we are using
we are going to have the best possible
men in the service. Promotion comes
| only for service performed. or rather
| for a deed actually accomplished. Our
men must produce results. That's one
| thing that Attorney General Daugh-
erty insists upon. Realizing this. the
special agent of the department goes
| into his case wholeheartedly, for one
| and all they realize that on their own
deeds their rise OF fall depends-abso-
! lutely.'
| That he proposes to stand with his
men all the time. eager to do all in his
| power to see that they are paid as
! much as possible is an assurance that
Mr.. Burns volunteers. At the same
! time ne indicates his determination to
! have a gentlemanly force: Il am i'm
pressing upon my men as they come
| into these schools" he says, that
there must be no indiscriminate fash
| ing of badges. no more arrest1ng ana
! holding incommunicado persons
against whom there is nothing more
than suspicion. no more divesting clti-
! zens of their constitutional rights, no
! more indiscriminate passing out OF
| cards with the imprint of the Depart
I ment of Justice.
! Il ann inprcssinE upon my pupils
/ that they must always be withln
! their legal rights and must always
! be courteous no matter what their
! duties. In the future this must be
a universal rule throughout the serV-
| ice: we want no roughneck tactics.
! we realize that this is a, highly civil
| lized country. The operatives will be
graded by ability proved in actual
work. and successful handling of the
| particular cases assigned to each Will
| bring its own rewards. 1t is arduouS
| work at times, being special agent !
:; Of the Department of Justice. and II
J is only fairly well paid. or course, l
| will do all in my power to see that
each and every one OF my agents gets
| all he deserves.
| 1T will always be ready to receive
any one who. has legitimate business
with my office. If there are any
| justifiabie complaints against any of
my agents, I want to hear them, but
/ am not expecting any. During the
periods of intensive training l am
impressing upon the special agents
| that they have direct approach to me
at any time that they may feel free
day or night to ask me for advice
and guidance"
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THIS American secret service that
! is being educated. will be made
economically efficient and of interna-
tionaI scope. "It will be the greatest
! secret service in the world" says w.
]. Burns, who has had intimate asso-
citation with all the great detective
organizations in the world and, there-
fore, knows whereof he speaks, be
cause our entire system Will be OF
| the very simplest Organization and
! trained to give results
| The fundamental idea Of Attorney
General Daugherty, Mr.. Burns points
out IL to make the Department of
| Justice agents helpful allies, working
| in closest cooperation with the state
| authorities, city police forces, sheriffs
| and the peace officers anywhere and
! everywhere throughout this land. The
| services of the detectives trained in
these schools in New York and Chi
cago will be always at the call of the
] police officers in city. town, village
| or hamlet,
| Attorney General yDaugherty had
i the vision to see the need for such
an organization-trained to protec,