The Attorney General's Conference on Organized Crime, WASHINGTON, DC., February 15, 1950 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 1950. DEPOSITED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA APR 2 '51 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 10, 1950. MY DEAR MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL: When you told me of your plan to hold a conference of Federal, State, and municipal officials concerned with law enforcement problems in the United States, I welcomed the idea. It seemed to me that it would be most useful for these law-enforcement officials to gather together in order to devise ways and means of making law enforcement better and more effective. With the cessation of hostilities in World War II, came a substantial increase in crime in this country. This is disturbing, as it is a problem that affects every community in the country and every level of government. It is important, therefore, that we work together in combating organized crime in all its forms, and I feel that such a conference as you propose will go far to meet this postwar problem. I want to congratulate you on bringing these law-enforcement officials together. The Federal Government has important responsibilities in the field of law enforcement, and I assure you that your conference has my support in your cooperative efforts to combat crime in the United States. Very sincerely yours, Мина час THE HONORABLE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Washington, D. C. |