The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

Che SpeFTy gyRescope plant was : trying to Icy hands on tlA@ blue. prints of the secret IJ. 6. hemb- sight. In fact, four prints were almost within his reach wElem the FBI found cut about M. Fer more than 8 year, since then, thoee plans have been kept tan. talking jsass cut of FeMch while H1over waited for mere spAes to walk into his net.
 FBK EFFICIENCY
 All this time Congressman Dies was issuing blasts about spies, though ayresting none of them, and A lot Of people were asking: "Why doesn't Hoover do some. thing3" Finally, Hoover was ready; and just two weeks ego the bigs gest spy ring in American histosy was rounded up in New yNFk. I The machinery by which thess spies were arrested and comics. sicg1S secured frous many of them iS the best Illustration oS the quiet efficiency os the YDl. It all hap. pened on q Sunday. The arrests were made simultaneously ln about twenty difgirent paets oe New YeEk aud vicinity. Each suspect was brought to 2 different room 9t FBf hesdqusxteyS and was inteFo 1egated by . different FDI agent. The rooms were co separated that 10 peisoner knew tiaat his col. leagues were in the adjoining rooms and might be spiiling the goods on him.
 Cr0ss-exanAlnatlon continued quietly all afternoon, imaessups. ed hy tinne-ous fer q sandwich,
 . cup e eeesee or a saehe
 (FBl men have Instructions e kill thelF pEassnegs with klnA. mesS). In tho end, the evidence placed before eh@ pgisenegs wAs % overwhelming thMG most ee tho key arrests 6eeiGed C plead guilty.
 EXIT FDT POLITICS
 ,. Edgar Hoover has been in charge Of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for about % years. It was Harlan Y. Stone, now Chief Justice, then Attorney Gen. eral under Coolidge who put him In charge. Prior to that Hoover had merely . hard.wogking clerk who burned the midnight oil studying law end worked his way up to chief assistant insi6e the EDT.
 Hoover's predecessor was the famous William J. Burns, who under Rressdent Harding had made slambles of the EBI. Poii- tictaus and ex-convicts Of the 0aston B. Means type were hired as investigator. And if q Sen. ator did not want c certain mat ter investigated, 1t was dropped.
 Hoover SEW, from watching Burns, that there could be no politics inside the TBI He has been rigid cn that point ever since. He is @ glad-hander, and win talk the arm off q congressman, but . lot of kind words ls all the ccugressman gets. Hoover will drop no investigation because of political pressure. Nor will he in. vestigate 6 congressman. senator or new1papeEnan unless he has written orders from the Attorney General himself.
 He was the eegyy exAmspSe ee william 5. BuEns usa1eg Hasd. ing that nsaae Meover receive ihat every eszb ef his agents mnst be Q esalage graduate. That gmze as ss2leweA evem Co. Gay, whsa ahe wmE has eg- wamGeA Zen faznas its stap beck in the Cesllaee Aay& A eezlage 4agEoa eezsetsmeB oVnn a lw AegReo. is suut ns eGaantaas e an KDE tss as Wet Reint anz
 Annapolis are Co eo1nzsfssaems am tho Array asA Navy.
 uY Em0ng PLAIN
 MwMKDlNxM0
 Dospite the aeuaosphege ef gum and snnesleEs surrounding llas ND1. there is nothing refy sen- satienal abeat ether HooveT's past oT hie present. 1Ea came lEesn vaFy plain sRFF0undinga. and up until q few years aRo etlll lived with hts mother ln 9Ae nene teo fashienahAs Washington houss in which Be Nae hoFn. xzIs fame llY has bt1n s family e4 sosefns nAont EcIsaEs aA4 lls bseshaE