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The following is an outline of the information presentlyavailable in the Bureau relative to the organii tion of the shovenamed committee under the leadership of Eliogyézss, Safety Director,Cleveland, Ohio. i"

The formation of this organization first came to theattention 0? the Cleveland Office on 0ctober 28, 1939, whenLieutenant 4. R${�eskin, United States hydrographic Qffice,Cleveland, who is a local representative of 0. N. 1., celled atthe Bureau office and advised that the Industrial Safety Committeewas being set up. At that time Lieutenant heskin stated that

approximately 327 industrial plants in cleveland had promised ;cooperation to the bafety Committee, the purpose of which wasreported to be the establishment of s unified investigative force .to conduct investigations relative to suspicious employees and '

other individuals believed to be engaged in sabotage or espionageactivities. .

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According to information furnished by Lieutenant Baskin 'and by Eliot Ness, the plans for the formation of the �afety Committee .origiated a few days prior to October 27, 1939, at which timeHsskin and Hess hsd discussed the organization of such a committee.No information is available as to which of these individuals initiatedBoth heskin and Ness, However, have stated their approval of the plan,and Ness has pointed out his responsibility in protecting industrialplants in the city of Cleveland as a part of his official duties asSafety Director of that city.

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Arising from the discussions between Haskin and Ness emeeting was called by Nese for Vctober 27, l939, in the Empire Roomof the Hotel Clevelend, for the purpose of formulating plans forthe organization of the Industrial Uonnuttee. There were invited

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tn at%end this meeting.the ranking officials cf a number cf largeindustrial firmm having contracts with ihe Navy Fepartment. Atthis paint it is painted ant that Lieutenant haakin £urnisaed to�r. �eas the names of the induatriax concerns in the city of

Claveland having enntratt� with tb� §avy Bepartment, which infoxmawticn is suppusadly highly confi�ential

At this maeting an Gperating GQmit$ea was selecte�censisting of a Mr. Hopkins, a �r. Grieve of the Pneumatic TaniC�mpany, �r. �hite of tha Republic ¢teel �ompany, Mr. Urawrordof tha Th&m§s0n.?r��ubts_$0mpany, and a few Qthers. This ccmmittaeia supposed to-fun�tion in.ce0rdinating the activities of the hafetyCommittee.

According to Lieutenant Hashim the present plan proviéeathat each concern which joina the Induatrial �afety Gummittee shallpay to the committee twaniy-five mania per emgloyee for each threemonths that prutecticn is affnrded to qhat enncern. In othér wQrdS,each cancern will pay one dallar per yéar for each person ampleyedby it. The dues are ta ha paid to the +ecretaxy and treasurer ofthe �leveland Safety Cauncil, Mr@ Geri Smith. Q11 m�nies are £0be expended only with tne appruval at �r� Eliet Neas who is aczingas adviser tn the Industrial Safety Cummittee.

Hr» Th�m�� b�ui� 9l0t�ay who baa previcusly been employedin the office cf Mr. Hess as a spacial in estigatnr has re�igne�that pasition and has been sppeinte� the chief investigator fur theIndustrial Safety Committee. .

On �ovember ll, 1939, Mr» �eas and.$r. 8Lothay called atthe Eleveland Bureau Uffica and discussed their plans with sp6¢iE1Agent in Charge Guinane. They made no mention of the financiaxarrangements set out above. They advissd $33; ggg� plantis to furnish a list or its em§lv¥ees to �r. CLQthay wha with theB�Vi¢B*Df �r. mess will select two or more emplqyeas at sash ylantto eat as unéercaver agents and will repert direetly ts �r. Ciathey.when reports are raceivad by Mr@ Glothey indicating p0SSib1¬ e�pi��ag�ar s&b0t&ge it is intende� that the information will be raferred toMr. Rnbert W. Cnamberlin who is £r. Essa� assistant in tha Cl&veLand

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&#39; 3t is pointed out that with respect to the financial setupof the Industrial Safety Committee, it is estimated there areapproximately 1200 plants in the Cleveland area which are potentinlmembers of the committee, which plants employ at least l50,000 men.0n the basis of these conservative figures the committee wouldreceive $150,000 a year. Inasmuch as it is intended that the actualinvestigations be conducted by members of the Cleveland PoliceDepartment, it appears that the only expense to be incurred bythe committee is the salary of Mr. Clothey, certain clerical andadministrative expenses, and perhaps a small payment to the under-cover employees at each plant. It would appear, therefore, thatthe industrial concerns in the Cleveland ares are to be assessed$150,000 a year merely to provide an agency to which information willbe reported and then referred by that agency to the Cleveland Police

~ Department which is already being maintained at public expense.

The plans for the organization and operation of the Industrial

Safety Committee are still in.s preliminary stage but operations arealready beginning according to the most recent information receivedfrom the Bureau office in Cleveland. _

The objections to the operation of this Industrial safetyCommittee are perhaps obvious but it is pointed out that in the firstplace they are in direct contradiction to the Presidential Pr0clume~tion issued on September 6, l939, which requested all policeOrganizations to refer matters relating to espionage and Sabotagedirectly to this Bureau. Any individual iDVeStig&tiOnS conductedby this committee or any similar organization will naturally presentthe hazard of interfering with espionage and sabotage investigationsbeing conducted oy this Bureau on a nationwide scale. It is not difficultto imagine a situation where the Industrial Safety Committee through theCleveland Police Department might conduct an investigation at anindustrial plant in Cleveland which would seriously interfere with awidespread investigation being conducted by the Bureau and would resultin undue publicity, It is also pointed out that the only actual functionof the Industrial Comittee, as such, is to receive end correlate reportsas to sabotage and 8SpiOn&g8. This is strictly the function of theFederal Bureau of Investigation and is handled by the Bureau withoutcost to the industrial plants, whereas the Industrial Safety Committee

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Attention is also directed to the activities of Lieutenant

J. R. Haskin in connection with the Industrial Safety Committee.Lieutenant Haskin was actively interested in the formation of thecommittee and there is some doubt as to whether he did not actuallyconceive the idea for the committee himself. He has furnished to

Mr. Ness a confidential list of industrial plants in ¬levelandhaving contracts with the Navy Department and has also expressedhis opinion that the Arm and Navy inspectors in local plantsmanufacturing materials for the national defense have expressedtheir willingness to cooperate with the program of the IndustrialSafety Committee. p H &#39;

It is, of course, impossible at the present time todetermine what effect, if any, the operations of the Industrial

Safety Committee will have upon the plant protection Program ofthe Bureau. It is believed, however, that a definite understandingshould be reached with the Navy Department so that there can be noerroneous impression formed on the pert of the management ofindustrial plants in Cleveland through Lieutenant Haskin. In viewof his contacts with the operating officials of these industrialplants there is a possibility that his connection with the IndustrialSafety Committee might be construed as an official endorsement ofthat committee and in order that there be no interference with theBureau&#39;s program, it is suggested that steps be taken to prevent anyBuvh mi$¢0H¢9Ptlon on the part of the industrial plants which willbe contacted by Bureau representatives.

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According to press dispatches appearing in theCleveland newspapers during the pest weekend, Mr. A. E.Stevenson, Secretary of the CIO Cleveland Industrial UnionCouncil, will proceed to Washington during the current weekfor the purpose of determining from you what pert the FBI

is taking in a "rumored spy hunt." According to the press Xdispatches, the Cleveland Industrial Union Council has �92

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deny "disturbing and sinister reports" that the cityadministration is seeking to prevent wartime sabotage inindustry by spying on union officers and members. It isfurther indicated that Director of Public safety Eliot

Ness has cooperated with the Pinkerton Detective Agency, theAssociated Industries and the FBI in formulating a "preventsabotage" program, and that Mr. A. E. Stevenson has censured

the Mayor for not consulting labor concerning the menace.Newspaper dispatches further refer to the fact that Director

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in any manner or degree in the organization of the IndustrialSafety Committee in Cleveland. The Bureau has observed that pduring the pest several weeks Eliot Ness, Director of Public VSafety, has formed a Safety Committee and has held meetings 4in connection with the organization of this group. The &#39;present plan provides that each industrial concern in the ,&#39;Cleveland metropolitan area pay to the Safety Committeetwenty-five cents per employee each three months. The ,Committee will collect these dues and in return will select ej�:two or more employees at each plant to act as undercover e�&#39;agents who will report to the Comittee activities within the

plant which may indicate espionage or sabotage. The Committeein turn will refer this information to the Cleveland Police

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Ir all or these planma enter into the operations or thisCommittee, the Gommittee*s incuma will he $l5O,�GG a yaar.It follew� consequently that the industrial concerns in theCleveland area will he paying $l5Q,QOG a year far thamaintenance or an agency whose sale functian will he tnrefer to the Claveiand Palice Deparmment, which is airaa�y

being maintained at yublic expense, lnformaticn relative tomatters which should be reported in t§s first instance by thevarious p&ants tn the FBI. _ 1

�- I am bringigg this situation to your attentinn inantici��tion of the fact that §r. A. E, Stevensnn will callupan yau. K have beratufora instruatad the dp8Gi�l_Ag8n$ inCharge at tha �laveland Bureau Urfica-to emphasize whereverand whenever possible the fact that tne~Bure&u-is not

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» Thirdly, he has never turned a thing over to-us, and if hesays anything about Lieutenant askin having given us any �information, we assumed that h was dealing with us as arepresentative of Naval Intelli enoe. Fourth, that theDirector deplores any private group which does law enforce-ment upon a paying basis, and tM;t the action of the SafetyCouncil in charging one dollar per employee per year and thenhaving investigations conducted by the Police Department iscertainly a very serious question; that the Director feelsthat law enforcement should be handled by q�ficers who are ,<g __paid for that purpose. If the,�leveland Police Department lis functioning in that capacity there is no justification M�,for their collecting money for that purpose, and if the A1Council is using these funds to pay investigators to act in� -a private capacity, they are doing a very unethical and

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&#39; I advised Hr. Listerman that Commander Gregoryhas sent two or three letters to 0.N.I. about this matter;that he apparently was conpletely fooled by the list qr cpeople the organization had on their letterhead. I advisedhim that all the information that Hashin claims to havereported to us was never reported. I advised Hr. Listernanto take a very firm stand in the matter and to show noquarter, and to advise me at the completion of the interview.

I stated that another matter about which we areconcerned is the statement made by Hashin that we sabotagedG-2, and suggested to Hr. Listerman that he contact him andfind out just what he meant by that statement. 2+. Listermanstated that he questioned Haskin about that this morning,but Haskin would not say anything further about it. Haskinstated that G-2 withdrew from the Cleveland area, and thatis the reason he went in.

I advised Hr. Listerman to tell Lieutenant Haskinthat he will report this to the Director in lashington withthe request that the Havy Department be notified of the state-ments that he is making. I asked M�. Listerman for adescription qf Lieutenant Haskin. �e replied that Haskinis about thirty-eight years of age, rather well built, wearsa Navy ring so apparently attended the Kauai Accademy, haslight�chestnut hair, is very iapetuous and quite emotional.He stated that while talking, Haskin jumps from one subjectto another and is very difficult to pin down.

I asked Hr. Listerman to contact Lieutenant Haskinand tell him that he would like to know what he had in mindwhen he made that statement becau is reporting the matterto Washington with the request t at hi statements be takenup with the Navy Department. � ,/

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attending a safety cauncil meeting and tkat Essa is can»siderably cencerned about M?. Ho@uer&#39;s alleged statementto the Q�f��� that the pian was very repugnani �n him.Hr. Clotheg stated that the imfarma�ion relative to thecommittee se¬~up, assessments, etc. was discussed in con-fidence with SAC Guinane and new it appears, acasrding �athe newspapers, that the igggrmatian was given �n Mr~Stevenson, Secre�ary nf th J�leueland Industrial.UhianGouncil. Glotheg stated an attempt was made �e csntactyvu in Waahington gestardag at which time they were imform-ed that yam had been out af �he city for two weeks,

�� �ISAG Listerman called frnm Glsvelani and advised

As far the matter being treated caafidentéally,I told Mr. Listerman tha� they have told euergane theyappraaehed about it and we have heard abaut it frem num¬r~ems dg�ferent sources. I tald Hr. Listsrman to tell themhe has checked and found that half the business people inCleveland have talked abmut this matter.

Mr* Listerman stated he has arranged an appa£nt~meat with Mr. Hess for 12:15 p. m. t0morr@w@

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Mv. Listerncn advised jurfher that Q shart time �before this call Liautenant J} H,EHaskin, U. S. NavalInt¬lligcHG¬ Q�ficcr, called an �"m¢ Kr. Listermun saidHaskin had in his pGSS¬S5$QH the newspaper clippings whichMT. Liaterman mentioned this morning. Haskin stated �neimfarmaiion was turned ever in confidence� Hashim wantedto know whether the infarmution was actually �urned aver taStevenson and if not than he wanted Stevenson investigatedby the FBI to determine why he made such statements ta the

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Haskin stated he would pay for the &#39;phone call toWashington. He further said that unless he received ananswer within twelve or twentyqfour hours he would callCommander Gregory at Chicago and then he, Haskin, wouldleave for Washington tonight. Haskin stated that Steven-son apparently got a complete list of all the persons in-volved in this matter including the individuals whoattended the meetings, etc. Haskin said that he, Ness andGuinane were the only ones who knew about the meetings andthe identity of the individuals who attended the meetings.Haskin stated that the only possible source where Stevensoncould have obtained the information was from the FEI. Itold Mr. Listerman Stevenson didn&#39;t get the informationfrom us because we didn&#39;t have it.

Haskin stated, just before leaving, that if thismatter was released by the Bureau that we are apparentlycutting the throat of the Naval Intelligence by releasingconfidential information and, Haskin stated, what assurancedoes he have that any information subsequently turned overto the Bureau will not be similarly released. Haskin wenton to say that he understands the military intelligence wassabotaged by the FBI. Mr. Listerman states he asked Hashimwhat he was talking about and inquired where he got suchinformation. Haskin replied to the e�fect that he wouldrather not discuss the matter but that that was the reason

the military intelligence withdrew from that area and thereason he, a member of the Naval Intelligence, was sent intothe area.

I told Mr. Listerman that Haskin is nothing but aliar and it is my hope that he comes to Washington as I wouldlike to talk to him. I told Mr. Listerman not to waste anytime with Haskin.

I told Mr. Listerman to call me following his con-ferenoe with Ness tomorrow.

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Hess expressed the opinionof getting in touch with Lashconference.

that Hess first outlined theproposition in considerable detail. Somewhat later, CarlSmith, Secretary of the&#39;Cleveland Industrial Safety Council,appeared on the Scene and etplained the work and the successof the Council. During the latter part of the conference,

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that they explained that theplan was still in a formative staoe; twlt they had not devel

a oped any information at the present time, and that they feltthat they had discussed the plan with former SAG Guinane atabout the time it was being orhanized. They admitted, however,that they had a meetin� in October and discussed the planbefore they talked to Guinane about it, but said that theyfelt that they had discussed it with Mr. Guinane and that he

A ~ would pass the information along; that as long as Guinane nade&#39;no objection to it they supposed that it not with his approval.I inquired whether he pointed out that they did not ash for

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~FP. Lis�srmun exnlained that t�e Cieuviaad , �

bu �iv U�w�éil $3 �$59 Q? Qf manwfacturers and i�dM8EriulLJL¢Qf wleq¢land,°whp pay all the bills. _He st ted Lhat u4ncrH636� §!1».�%<l&#39;rz:38iO?,1 wzl-ti; j;�a.s;�§in_, }�,~"g_=3-3 33912 §,*&#39;@-~;~_1*,;§_;;;;�*f;};J ;;_;,I<;g*�@ Ewv�u�ivé Swcre��ru of the Umxncil and 1&0 has bgcn

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line of work for Q number 0f years, $0 kelp with $he,?orma&i@n1 t r - &#39; -

Q; the Gouncil. ?hey than helm a nesting and askwc tha :ndus-

irialists what iheg t�ought abou� suc& E plan} and ggggpginqtn Fess �he industr£@lis�8 said that they newded some sgghPia� 1" 91@U@l�n§- W888 went an ta explain ihs importance QfJ

Uleveland in that u gramuariuus déhcr stra�eaic mpiemen§s.

Ewe final plan was tha M� mi �b0ut_?w�uld �e fnPne&, and that Clothe »� ~n gram Yeas

many vital p�PiS-fa? airpianea and

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Q�fi�� to bake charge, which was Q � Ea. and Ulatheg saidthat tha jngures which ngpamred in REEQ �er &8~�lj¢�ed

by steucnsan awe grossly exaq�eratcug tna�ta operaée an Q budget sf about ;l3,5@� yer-.1-�-3 .» 92.m»mwm�*"

y uré planningw nrtcr, which

Qppraxzmately eivh* cent� a manth jar each �wplnyee. Ipainted out t�a� ihe only dijykrgncg Qgiwggn gi§h¢ ¢@n¢$ Gmont� and $w8�$F:?¬Q§MQ§�i$ a quarter iscent. "�&#39;

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LT� &�$$ernan �é�fud bhut Kr. ;C¬3 �xglnéned his-{J ~ Y �:"l_i -.92 ,..92,.*� _, 7, .3, . ta f.Siund as jolluws; �l�m ia churw� of ths

about blawinp up Q damn-tswn ss¢t¬0n 0?

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�kiak t�a� their sustcm will prevent many

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blaminp up3tun crd ail tanks which are all cl&ng aha riugr, and the

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iv �%s syn cm: i�ey plan %@ sail upon th� §ers0nncl munm�ar�� ~&#39;r

nr $33 zndusirialiafs thcmaeluas in furni�$h0 miwht &s used as injmrnanis. f�ose

on i�a vaich Jar any siqn sf sa�oéu�aTh0$e indiuiducls will La ina�rrc�ed

iiics to an ini�iii���c� ogfécsr 0? we planlipcncc a;fi@er vii} rcfar� the ,aPw~ to TIO" Jvii} than turn aver �ance rvpwriu and ail taQSQIQHGFC or C���unplui�u snbcém Q, si&#39; f W

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p£mnt$ are sub-a§¢ntsQf thés orpmni "ism,

I iaquircd as £0 what �ks §5U,6�Q is in Mbe usad Jar i�Ir. Listerman stated that �his is is

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all Qj that list to determine whether they would be reliableand would turn ouer any information to the organization,after which the necessary number of "stooges" would beselected. He stated that all of these informants wouldwork without any pay besides their regular wages.

Clothey said that no work has been done by theoroanieation, but that they are still engaged in the work oforyanization; that they anticipate that it will take aboutthree months before they yet started. he Said that as soonas any P¬yOFt8 are received they contemplate turning themover to the F.B.I. Hr. Listerman said that these peopletold him definitely that it is not their intention to inves-tigate any complaint of espionage or sabotage.

I shed Hr. "" flan whether these neaplQ_under-stand our G&#39;bti�U-T��,G in this matter, ty ;ieo@saIU�dItErs oar Ufews one degr¬e._ Mr. Listerman stated thathe_§oae his stand cleari jhat no toIH_them tag} at Laae_noofjicidI&#39;6onneEtion_Uith it. 7��

Fr. Listernan stated that these people are enqacedin a prevention proposition, but that they corla not say howthey could guarantee that any such system would prevent anyaCt8 of espionaae or sahotaoe. He stated that they feelthat we are cnoaged in the investigation of these matters,and that they are primarily interested in the prevention ofany such occurrences.

I inquired how they account for the contentionthat the industrialists can be saved �50,000 by reportinjthese matters direct by the plant management to us. it.Listerman said that their contention is that the plant manace�ment would never know about these things. They think thatthe employees would not report these matters to the plantmanaoement because of the anion proposition; that they aretrying to Jet around this difficulty.

fr. Smith saia that there is a possibility, although

it night be disputed, that some of the facts, particularly ofsabotage, may not be within the Federal jurieoiction, Qiuin�for an ¬$ampl¬ the atanderd Oil tanks which are used forstorage. Me said that they intend to include all such mattersso they can protect the city, in addition to protectinc theplants wherein they have their �stooces".

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y�king that supsrimposes anSirable, and� a ui�i�b u��n ks J .5 £i;§_Q;Q§they still 1$QTF§33¬E?T?�?i�T?E?E�§�7§§F§§§r;@%hat

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MP. Liaierman stated that both Smith and Hass werevery pleasant. He stated that he pointed aui ta ihcm curvarious arguments, including ihe fac� ihat they ars trying tomamrp the powers of law enforcement bo�ics. He stated tka�he also pointéd amt ta éhcm �hxt he just receiu&d infarma�iantha§ Gaamberlazn, the assistant ta Néss, is possibly �rying tenlwst some s�udents at �estern Reserve yniueraity fer makingaaL0tage inusstigatimns; that he pointed out to th§m emphat~V�nally that �hese bays wouid know nothing about it and that

they Qerg no? duly canx�tuted lac gnfsrcemsnt officers. H9statea taut these men took the posa¢rQn inat they do no� wan;tn an anything tn disturb any harmuny mhm@$O§gQrJ but t�atthey faal tkzt there is feeling an the part af the manufu¢~turers that there is a need fur such an organization.

��ese men asked Aw. Listsrmun whether he

WE could prevent all sabotage �g our oraanizat�on.that his reply to that was an inquiry whether they

vent it with theirs. They said that they cmnldthat, but they felt that if they dt� moi take someand thera muS some act of sa�0tag§, t�cy weuld race

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blame far not %akin§ prayer prgcauxmon. as stuied ghg� t�gybelieve in msin� �$�aoges� in p�wferencé to Usin� �uards or

in.other mei��ds of prs�actin

I aguised HT. Listerman that I would nal� is �ne

�irectsr ohau� éhis and let him know what ins Qiractar wants

$6 d�.

N?. Listerman aduissd that these men aypcured tobe very jriandly absut the whole mutter; that thay did matbrin� up much about the publicity. They saia that there wvulabe an need fer sailing Washington.

I asked Hr. Liaterman whether me was certain that

he said nothinw that they cauld c0n$tPns as our �&lsssin@" or�bsnedictian�. Ne stated that he was sure he Qid not, batthat they might mam say that they have canawlted with theF.E.I. I SH�O¬$t6d that we wait >1d�sse what their newt memewill be, and in the meantime I amid iaik la t�e �irec�srand obtain his opinion.

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have woticci seuaral press utvrias in ivuéin� that thePrrsident at a recent press conference 25: asked con¢¢rn-

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The Industrial bafety Committee of the Cleveland SafetyCouncil was organized shortly after the outbreak of the eurren�European har by Eliot Ness, Director of Public safety at Cleve-land, Ohio, Lieutenant Hashim, associated with the Navy Department,Robert Chamberlain, Assistant to Eliot Hess and several otherindividuals. The Safety Committeefhasjdesignated itself to serveas a clearing house for information relating to espionage, sabotageand subversive activities. The method of operation of theCommittee is to solicit memberships from business and industrialinstitutions in the Cleveland metropolitan area and to assesseach member approximately $1.00 per year per employee. Theinitial assessment was declared to be twenty- ive cents perquarter per employee but it appeara9thatF?he ¬urrent assessment

92nis eight cents per month per employee. Ito�s estimated thatthere are 150,000 employees engaged by concerns to be approachedfor membership by the Committee, which means an income ofapproximately $l50,000?OO a year for the Industrial aafetyCommittee-

The Committee will function by designating in the variousplants spies who will report through the plant managements tothe Industrial Safety Committee all matters that transpire inthe plant. It has been stated that the information obtained bythe Industrial Safety Committee of Cleveland through these

fchannels will be investigated by a specially selected detailof the Cleveland Police Department. On other occasions thepromoters of the Industrial Safety Committee have denied thatthey will conduct any investigation directly or through theCleveland Police Department of information obtained relatingto the National Defense. The questions naturally arise, con-sidering the functioning of this organization, as to what isto become of the $150,000.00, whether the Cleveland PoliceUepartment investigates the cases or whether the cases arereferred to the FBI.

Pespite statements of the Cleveland Industrial tafetyCommittee promoters that they would not conduct investi ationin cases involving espionage, sabotage and related matters butwould refer all information received promptly to the Cleveland

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oJ;ico of the FBI! information Que been!received that representativesof the Committo¢ have been/approach%§g la? students at westernReserve Law School in Cleveland and a�feF*ng~them positions asinvestigators for the Industrial pafety Committee.

Representatives of organized labor have been vigorous in theattacks and criticisms they have made upon the Committee, itssponsors and its purposes, claiming that the Committee is actuallyattempting to install a system of labor spying within the industrialinstitutions-

The Federal Bureau of Investigation was not consulted at anytime concerning the establishment of this organisation, nor werethe views, attitude or advice of the FEI sought in the situation.The FBI has not sponsored, endorsed, or approved this organization.The Cleveland Industrial Lafety Committee has not at any time fur-nished any information whatsoever to the FBI concerning mattersrelating to the national defense, despite the fact that one ofthe major justifications used by the proponents of the Committeein soliciting memabershipviis the claim that the Committee w~i11&#39;»-mt�

furnish all data received immediately to the FBI in accord withthe Presidential request of beptember 6 1939. The Director ofthe Federal Bureau of Investigation/has�indicated through his!»i.Special Agent in Charge at Cleveland, Ohio, to Eliot Hess, Cirectorof Public safety, his opposition to any undertaking to penformduties of law enforcement by civilian groups functioning in thecapacity or manner of a vigilante or civilian secret servicegroup. In the present situation this condition is aggravated bythe fact that the promoters of the organization have a mercenarymotive because of the potential budget approximating $l50,°O0.00per annum and virtually negative expenses.

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Earnesg/Molnar. The g¢~between man whe dees the B�llaéting and Purnisheuths girls for these hnuaes of pnasnitution is Mgx�FsrEls wgth off�bbsein"the Ulnar Pl�g. on the Fublic Square. Ha can bé found ha�§§m~ é�é�nd theV. ,, V V _ *., _i_,L �_.

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in Lill1an;Wessraop&#39;s Court Room. Max Fsrnle acna as anterney"£or*thosapear erea�ures and than splits his fee xith Allan, wesuroop and t�e arr@s*�fficer. �� »~~V

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�that she finally glvaa in because there is nc way out. Then if she ¬el1ser aven threatens to tell, than she is murdered my ALlén�3 g&n@ of Ita1is-

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recent wartime conditiana, �ha §xteh% andrapidly assumed such prnpnrtians fhat the meager

sq orsrate is entirelv incdc mate ta sunvari a~f J AQ .1� A� be Hi all ndvqnm�s for the nrahlems sresrnté�.

therefara, fel� it his duty nn�er the resente rresidant of the �ni�ed States, ta sail �nettentinn af icon} nuthnritisa and he, therefnre,

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Citw "apartments usually inched to to cope wiah snc�Jnis $§¢uu§a of both the lack sf funds and @130, andantla, beoauaa �heir every expenditure and ac�ion ésscrutiny of the ¬lcueland City Geuncil which in suchmat particularly sympathetié. �é csnceiped the ideacarrying an such work, a special committee af éhe ClCouncil would be an appropriate means. He feels �hibecause the Safety Council is vitally i�teP@$tsd inlife and prnper�y cf the Ci�g. A130, the sufetg Gangoing �nncern, thus eliminating the nscessity�far �haf a new grnup or bady to carry an ths mark, �e siswisé $0 utilies the Jafs�g Couneil as a areas in mhi

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employees cf the various individual 83�GFIi$hment5*Mmsed that industry furnish the speciai_commi%tes a;�t&e Jafetyfoun�il with lists ef employees who in the epinian �f the industryH� &#39; N 1-, , , . 1 , i * � myInv�lued arr Vtrustworthg" V ye he impreasian t�names wauld �e needed or wanted but they Should bs L

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