Draft of Suggested Speech of Vice President Harry S. Truman at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
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OCR Page 1 of 7Rough Draft of Suggested Speech for VICE PRESIDENT TRUMAN at F. B. I. on April 14, 1945
ARCHIVES 3. "NATIONAL AND
THE HOME GUARD
RECORDS
6.
It is a special privilege to be present at the graduation of you guardians
of the home front. It would be more than tragic if, while fighting a world-wide
war to preserve our democratic ideals, we would neglect the constant battle against
evil forces at home. Fortunately, the specialized training provided here at the
National Police Academy, under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
assures America that we will continue to have well-equipped specialists to help
maintain peace and order within our borders.
You men have been especially fortunate in being selected for intensive
training at the greatest crime clinic in the world. Here you have learned the
wonders of modern scientific methods. You have acquired skill in using the latest
weapons available. in the endless fight against crime. Even more important, here
you have been taught the all-essential need of quick cooperation with end branches
all law enford agencies
of crime preventi on and crime detection, local, county, state and federal. If we
hope to make sound progress for the benefit of all society, we must carry on a
well-coordinated, all-out attack on crime.
You officers have had the opportunity to study the most modern methods of
THIS
crime prevention and crime detection. Your intense training here at the most
efficient center, which is constantly fighting crime, should pay you and society
great dividends in the years to come. You learned not merely the use of scientific
methods in combating the enemies of society, but also the urgent need of effective
cooperation with all the other useful agencies. Only by a nation-wide, coordinated
campaign ageinst erime by all law-enforcement agents can we achieve the highest
degree of efficiency, which in itself will be one of the most effective means of
preventing anti-social acts. Certainty of criminal convicti on is the most
apprehending
powerful check on crime.
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