Mr.
Schiff: Hi, welcome to "FBI 100, A Closer
Look." I'm Neal Schiff of the Bureau's Office
of Public Affairs along with FBI Historian Dr.
John Fox. John, let's talk about the Director
who led the FBI for some 48 years, J. Edgar Hoover.
Dr.
Fox: "Well Neal, Hoover was born in 1895.
He was a native of Washington. He grew up in a
family of civil servants. He went to George Washington
University for law school and them immediately
entered the Department of Justice where he quickly
rose, through a combination of hard work, intelligence,
and the fact that he didn't have a political affiliation
because he was a native of Washington, he was
neither a Democrat nor a Republican."
Mr.
Schiff: So he was a lawyer. He became an employee
of the FBI. And was appointed Director?
Dr.
Fox: "In 1924. Served there for almost 49
years."
Mr.
Schiff: On August 24th, 1939, something unusual
happened. Director Hoover was on-scene for an
arrest. What's that story?
Dr.
Fox: "A gangster named Louis Loepke Buchalter
had been facing murder charges in New York State
and he thought that if he turned himself in to
a federal organization, that he could avoid some
of the problems that he might have in court in
New York. And so he decided that he could get
a fair shake from Hoover and so worked through
journalist Walter Winchell to turn himself in.
Of course, he did face those federal charges.
Then he got turned over the state government to
be prosecuted under their laws as well as our
justice system works."
Mr.
Schiff: From the FBI's Public Affairs office,
along with Bureau Historian Dr. John Fox, I'm
Neal Schiff with "FBI 100, A Closer Look."
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