Evening star., 1939-10-01
Counter
Of U. 5. at Highest
Peak, Murphy Says
Injustiees Inflicted
20 Years Ago Avoided,
Justice Head Asserts

The counter-espionage machinery
Of the Government is at the high
est peak of efficiency 1t ever has
known, Attorney General Murphy
yesterday told the graduating class
OF the National Police Academy.
Speaking at exercises in the Great
Hall of the Department of Justice,
where SO State and local police
officers and members Of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation re-
ceived certificates for completion
of the 12-week course In advanced
police methods, the Attorney Gen.
eral said:
We've prepared In a way that
this country has never prepared
before. We will prepare further,
of course"
At the same time, however, the
Attorney General said, the drive
against spies and saboteurs is to
be conducted with due precaution
against injustice" to any one.
Plight of 20 Years Ago.
eve remember 20 years ago. when
some awful things were done in the
name of justice-some cruel and in
human things" he continued, ex-
planning that the country was not
then prepared and that "vigilantes
and irresponsible groups" set them
selves up as law enforcers.
I'VE don't want that to happen
again, and the best guarantee that it
will not is the fact that this work
now has been localized in the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation"
The Attorney General emphasized
that, while the department was con-
cerning itself with subversive ac-
tivities, vigilance was not to be
relaxed elsewhere along the crime
front. Declaring that predatory
forces are ducking for cover" and
that "for the first time in years.
the corrupt politician is getting out
of the way" the Attorney General
said it was intended to press the
campaign against them.
Gov. Stark's Thanks.
The war note also was struck in
speeches by Gov. Lloyd c. Stark of
Missouri and j. Edgar Hoover, di-
rector of the F. B. l.. which con-
ducts the National Police Academy.
"The power politicians in Eu-
rope and Asia have unconsciously
performed one service for democracy
they have made the people of this
Nation aware of the indisputable
fact that adequate national defense
is the only insurance against war"
Gov Stark said.
However, it Is the secret aggres-
sion of the saboteurs and propa-
gandists which is the immediate
problem in hating these vicious
enemies. In meeting this issue, we
look with confidence to the F. B. I.
as our first line of defense"
The Missouri Governor praised the
law enforcement activities of the F..
B. l., commenting particularly on
the assistance rendered the people
of Missouri in their fight to rid
themselves of corrupt political ma
chine" the reference being to cur
rent cleanup under way in Kansas
City, where Thomas j. Pendergast
nov in Leavenworth Penitentiary
long was the dominant figure.
Guard Internal Defenses.
Director Hoover told the Police
Academy graduates that law en-
forcement officers throughout the
country must dedicate themselves to
the task of making "our internal
defenses secure"
ut is known fact that many
foreign agents roam at will in a
nation that loves peace and hates
war, country that has proclaimed
Its neutrality in strife-torn world
engaged in marital conflict" he said.
AT this very moment lecherous
enemies of American society are
seeking to pollute our atmosphere
OF freedom and liberty. They are
our foes, before them we will not
capitulate."
In addition to the current class.
former graduates of the police school
who have been here for retraining
work also took part in the exercises.
This group-Police Academy Asso-
clates-will be headed for the coming
year by Edward B. Hansen, chief
OF police of Duluth. James O.
Barker OF Miami is president of the
new class.
The invocation yesterday was de-
livered by the Rev. Robert S. Lloyd,
S: j., who directs the laymen's re-
treat movement at Manresa. The
Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
OF Washington, gave the benediction.
SHOPPERS euoue TO Meet