The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-01
Place of F. B. |. i'm Crisis Told
to Large Audience in Milan

Milan. Mich. Feb. THE place
OF the F. B. |. in a crisis and the
right Of the people TO turn informa.
ton In TO this law enforcement
agency was forcefully told Tues
day evening by John Bugas, head
OF the Detroit district OF the F. b. /.
in an address before large crowd
In the high school auditorium.
The program was arranged by
the Milan Woman's Club in cele-
bration Of Gentleman's Evening
and was preceded by dinner at
which covers were laid for 1870
guests.
Mr.. Bugas gave the background
OF the F. B. l.. explaining that II Is
one of number of law agencies
which cooperate to the fullest ex-
tent In most communities and eau
toned that the +. b. l. needs the
continuous assistance of all other
agencies for law enforcement. There
are thousands upon thousands Of
cases to be investigated" he said,
"And these cannot be handled with
out the help of county sheriffs,
village and city police and other
units of law enforcement"
He said that there had been no
really important evidence OF sab
otage up to the present time and
that probably 50 per cent of the
dangerous individuals were known
| to law agencies cautioned
against gossip, stating that things
OF this sort should be exclusively n
police problem that can be handled
best by officers with training. and
urged that any information be
turned in to the +. B. ].
He said that there were few in
stances where members or the
F. B. |. cannot go into any locality
and work with local officers. At one
time this was not true, he said
and he mentioned a few middle
western cities which have cleaned
house" politically TO put In order
their law agencies. This trend TO
"clean house" has been noted In
many towns and cities within re-
| cent years, he said. The f. b. !.
has built up ways of paying back the
local agencies by cooperating with
them, he emphasized, speaking par
ticularly of the central clearing
house for. fingerprints, and he said
every law enforcement agency in
the country has the use OF this de-
partment for assistance in locating
| fugitives from Justice"
A second important aid to local
law agencies is the crime labora-
tory started eight years ago in one
room and in charge of one crime
technician, he said. Today, the lab
oratory occupies one complete floor
| in the Department of Justice Build
ing in Washington and more than
80 trained men are employed in
working on scientific evidence.
Thirty-nine thousand were investi-
gated in one year alone, he said,
and things occur in this laboratory
beyond the Imagination Of any au-
thors of the. widest detective fic-
ton Distance makes no difference
in the use OF the laboratory, he ex-
planned, illustrating his point with
the history of a criminal in Alaska
discovered through the scientific
examination of evidence submitted
to the Washington office.
The third way In which loca'
law enforcement agencies are as
sisted by this national organiza
ton is through the National Police
Academy Men are examined, In
vestigated, trained and given prac'
tical experience before they may
take up the actual work Of the or
ganization, he said, but they return
tremendous dividends on the in
vestment of the government in their
training, paying the government So
for each dollar spent upon them.
This training is open to representa-
tives of local police officers who
return to their communities and
put into effect that which has been
taught them
In September OF 1889, through a
presidential proclamation, the re.
sponsibility of coordinating all law
agencies for security against Fifth
Column activities was placed upon
the +. B. |. Previous to this time
there was no means OF handling eff
fectively throughout the nation in
formation concerning sabotage or
espionage because OF lack of sys.