The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-08
Hard WOrk-NOt 'HerOics'- in Life of Federal Agents;;
 Clamor Cralnps Their Style
This is the third and last in series of articles describing the work of the department of justice, which "got" Diilinger.
By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE

WASHINGTON Aug. 8. - Sem sational exploits such as the kill- ing of Dillinger, the capture of Machine Gun'' Kelly and the smashing of Kidnapping rings loom ' large in the public eye but there is usually more hard work than glam- or or heroics in the life of a federal agent.
 Some investigators, due to their positions as leaders of squads or because of individual feats in the capturing of notorious criminals, may be thrust temporarily into the limelight but most of the federals remain as anonymous as a buck private in the infantry.
 Nc Aces In Service
 It is the policy of the division of Investigation to have no recog- nized aces" or "big shots" An agent is rewarded, of course, for in- telligent and courageous service but often exceptional achievements and self-sacrificing bravery are never known by the public, due to the organizations desire to pursue it's activities. under the protecting cloak of secrecy.
 Director Hoover and his men were elated at the taking" of Dil- finger, being particularly pleased at the vindication of Agent Mel win H Purvis, who had been severe ly criticized by some outsiders. But Hoover is anxious now that the noise and tumult die down in or der that the men may return to their work in relative obscurity
 The collection of new informa- ton on Baby Face" Nelson and other desperadoes still at large must go on. The weeding out of clues and evidence from a mass of conflicting data and 'phony tips" the diplomatic handling of local police officials sometimes jealous of their authority and the match ing of wits with underworld cun- ming frequently means months of painstaking labor.
 Many Kinds Of Work
 Thousands of other cases await final solution. Running down bad men" of the Dillinger and Nelson type is only a small part of the divisions work. Investiga- tive functions range from getting data on violators of the migratory bird act to the collection of evil dence of infraction of the antitrust laws and the committing of treas on against the United States.
 Many persons, Director Hoover says, Ire under the erroneous inn pression that the apprehension of murderers is a regular function of Uncle Sams detectives. That is the duty of local or state police
 In assisting police to- bring mo- torious public enemies" to jus tice, federal officials frequently have difficulty in finding a viola tion of federal law on which to base proceedings against such of- lenders. The only federal charge against Dillinger, for example, was the interstate transportation of a stolen automobile while Al Capone was convicted only of income tax evasion.
 Central Crime Laboratory
 The government, however, is ex- banding it's activities in the entire field of criminology. In addition to the new laws winch give federal officers jurisdiction in some cases over bank robberies and other cus- tomary state offenses, progress is being made in the building up here of a great central laboratory for scientific crime detection.
 Some of the equipment has been prepared especially for use in frus- trating kidnapers. The European art of moulage-a method of talk ing and. preserving in wax or plas- ter such impressions as footprints, teeth marks and tire prints-is being given careful study
 It is believed that had this pro- cess been in use by the police at the time of the abduction of the Lindburgh baby, accurate molds of footprints reported to have been seen by first arrivals at Sourland mountain after the abduction, might have been obtained.