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Show Secret Service Is Necessary for the Security of Country NEW ORLEANS, April 16 At to-daj to-daj e meeting 01 the International - soemtiou ol hiefs of I'oIich William A Pinkerton, chief of ihr ,, t, ( t , servlcp of that name, mad. a plea that the federal government establish an adequate secret service to met I the perils of violent radicalism as exemplified exem-plified by the I. W. and Bolsht Ifll movements. He said in part: "Before this honorable body adjourns ad-journs I desire to say a few words about the Bolsheviki. which, with the' I. W, VI . and their kind, so often have! been, and, wilh increasing frequency must be, considered and deal! with by peace off era. "I ask you to consider my remarks, as suggestions for discussion and con-! sideration, with a view of finding, if possible, a way to centralize a course j for the futuie control of these ele-iii' ele-iii' nts that will be an improvement over the heretofore Indefinite, ispae raodic. unsai isfaclory and, often, injurious in-jurious methods. Quick Action Needed. "At the present time I consider the I. Y. VY. merely a passing annoyance, ami it, Bolshevism and any othei such: movement can be successfuiiv com baled iheir propaganda reduced and their growth controlled, if nt entire-j ly eradicated, in this country, jf tak n in hand forcibly now. "At the outbreak of the war there was pressed into the service an army intelligence department, a navy Intelligence Intel-ligence department and the, department depart-ment of justice, and there wore also formed "iich organizations as the American Protective league, the pro-tectlve pro-tectlve department of the United States shipping board and tin- plant protection department, thlfl last ror 'be protection of manufacturers and! plants having large government, cei-tracts. cei-tracts. "Persons to perform important government gov-ernment secret service work in I,he army and navy intelligence dcpait-ments dcpait-ments were selected from among doctors, doc-tors, bankers, merchants, architect) ett and l am creditably Informed that of these less than 1 per cent, or one person in 100, had previous poll 01 detective experience Experience Teaches Lesson. ' The experience wo have been through in these past lour yean should guide us for the future, and we should know and be fully informed in-formed of what is in our midst1 by having a tederal secret service of ample am-ple site, possibly 1000 .ments, properly prop-erly established for this work. A fed-eral fed-eral force of trained detectives that win centralise, connwi up and bt together data gathered by itr. representatives repre-sentatives east, west, north and south. I This would soon eradicate such elements ele-ments and persons as required the attention of our courts. "The organization should be one with experienced detective manger( not political; It should never be used tor political purposes, nor for or against labor or capital; never become involved, in their differences: an or-cranization or-cranization to which could h- report' ! for proper inquiry ally suspicions coming com-ing to the notice of city, county or siato authorities and the chambers of commerce. "During the war, had there been i secret service for our Kovernmeni, as I have outlined. Trotzky's plottings and preparations in this counti to overthrow the Kerensky government in Russia would have been fully known and h- and his fellow COUSplr-atora COUSplr-atora would have been under surh surveillance sur-veillance that they would not have been permitted to leave our shores unmolested, un-molested, as (hey dldj coincident with the United States declaring war on Germany. Better, in the future, thai such elements b placed in confin -menl hero or deported to their natn land . with a full and pioper explanation explana-tion from our government. " oo |