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Show GANGSTER FOE HITS GRAFTERS WASHINGTON, June 24 (U.R) Formation of law and order committees com-mittees in every community to throw out crooked politicians, "fat-brained "fat-brained and flat-footed policemen" police-men" and politically controlled pardon and parole board, was recommended to the Kiwanis International In-ternational convention today by J. Edgar Hoover. The bureau of investigation chief demanded that civic organizations organ-izations protect honest public officials of-ficials against the 'mud-slinging i and character-smearing tac&cs j of the average crooked politician." i He urged the "better citizens" j of the , nation to enter politics. I His speech signalized the G-man ' drive on crooked politicians prom- i ised when the last of the nation's bigtime kidnapers was out of the way. "More and more" he saio, "America "Am-erica needs career men In politics, who are willing and sufficiently suffic-iently courageous to race the necessary nec-essary mud-slinging which can be eradicated by a constantly in-creasirg in-creasirg number of the better type of men in office, men who regard feheir community above their pocket-book." |
