J.+Edgar+Hoover+(law+enforcement)

By: PIotr Cabaj & Kevin Pareja& Zuhaib Shaikh Pd.2

J. Edgar Hoover was born on January 1st 1895 and died May 2nd 1972 Hoover was born on New Years Day In Washington DC. to Ann Marie (who was a descended from a line fo Swiss Mercenenari)Hoover's father was Dickerson Naylor Hoover Sr. (1856-1921)

In 1924 Hoover was the first director of the FBI ,and remained there till his death in 1972. He was also known as the one man army of truth .During the laste stages of his life Hoover became an increasingly controversial figure to his critics.
 * Was accused of exceeding jurisdiction of the
 * Used the FBI to harass political dissenters and activists to amass secret files on political leaders.
 * Well known for collecting secret files on innocent people.As well as having a very sexual behavior.
 * There has been stories of Hoover being a cross dresser.

__Ganster Wars__
In the 1930's an epidemic of bank robberies in the Midwest was orchestrated by gangs with superior firepower ,and smart getaways to avoid arrest. The fact that the robbers frequently took stolen cars across state lines which was a federal offense gave Hoover and his men the authority to pursue them. Things did not go as planned however, and there were some embarrassing foul-ups on the part of the FBI, particularly clashes with the Dillinger gang.The FBI at this time not only was having trouble with bank robberies. There was problem with the Mafia shooting up innocent people due to the prohibition. Due to the Headlines and all of the media coverage these crimes got most of the suspect were eventually caught and put in jail.

__** J. Edward Hoover relationships **__ __**Main Accomplishments**__
 * **Lela Rogers- ** actress Ginger Rogers’s mother and an extreme right winger.
 * Dorothy Lamour- American Film actress
 * **Clyde Tolson- ** The two were inseparable for 44 years living together, vacationing together, dressing alike, and even buried side by side. The couple caused much gossip in those homophobic times.

"On 7th November, 1919, the second anniversary of the Russian revolution, over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists were arrested in twenty-three different cities. However, the vast majority of these people were American citizens and had to be eventually released. However, Hoover now had the names of hundreds of lawyers who were willing to represent radicals in court. These were now added to his growing list of names in his indexed database.'' []

__**Major Cases and Scandal**__ Hoover's persecution of people with left-wing views had the desired effect and membership of the American Communist Party (aka Nazis), estimated to have been 80,000 before the raids, fell to less that 6,000. In 1921 Hoover was rewarded by being promoted to the post of assistant director of the Bureau of Investigations The function of the FBI at that time was the investigation of violations of federal law and assisting the police and other criminal investigation agencies in the United States.

__**Scandals**__ Hoover now set about establishing a world-class crime fighting organization. Innovations introduced by Hoover included the formation of a scientific crime-detention laboratory and the highly regarded FBI National Academy. Hoover appointed Clyde Tolson as Assistant Director of the FBI.

In his book, //The Secret life of J.Edgar Hoover// (1993), Anthony Summers claims that Hoover and Tolson became lovers. For the next forty years the two men were constant companions. In the FBI the couple were known as "J. Edna and Mother Tolson". Mafia boss, Meyer Lansky, obtained photographic evidence of Hoover's homosexuality and was able to use this to stop the FBI from looking too closely into his own criminal activities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UV316AC_YfI.

__**Famous Quotes**__

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 * **J. Edgar Hoover Quotes**
 * Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.

Justice is incidental to law and order.

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

<span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.

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