Show POLICE conference HELD BY F B 1 I IN PRICE 0 internal security investigations and nd alien enemy control reg regulations u laa apper app able in utah were the principal topics of discussion at an FBI police conference held in price on december 3 according to W jay C newman Ne winan special agent in charge of the salt lake city division mayor B D il II hyde hycle of helper was the princia prin cip 1 spen er at the open session of the conference his subject was co opera tion tin in national defense local county and state law enforcement officers from carbon daggett uintah emery grand and san juan counties were in attendance since the designation of the FBI as the central clearing house for internal security matters by presidential proclamation in 1939 similar ilar police conferences have been held on a nationwide nation wide basis A conference for the officers of utah wasatch deschesne and juab counties was held in provo on en dec 2 and similar conferences are also scheduled for richfield and st george mr newman pointed out that through the medium of these quarterly police conferences law enforcement was mobilized and ready for action at the time of the attack on pearl harbor and that because of this preparedness it was possible within a few hours to take into custody more than 1400 alien enemies who were considered potentially dangerous within the next three days over 2000 more were rounded up and up to date approximately have been placed under arrest and afforded hearings before alien enemy hearing boards throughout the country also as a result of the perfected I 1 mobilization plan the friand FBI and operating cooperating co law enforcement agencies were able to search over dwellings and premises of alien enemies and confiscated ammunition firearms short wave radios and other contraband articles |