Anthony J.D. Biddle: Correspondence, J. Edgar Hoover (1933-1935)
Permanent ID:
13049
Call number:
3110
Date:
January 1 1933 – January 1 1935
Image Description:
Folder contains letters and correspondence between A.J.Drexel Biddle, Postmaster General James A. Farley, and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. The folder also contains thirty-three page pamphlet written by Biddle entitled, "Crime Prevention in America, England, France, and Austria." In it Biddle praises Hoover's skill as a crime fighter and provides suggestions to improve FBI effectiveness inspired by various European police agencies. Excerpts from the pamphlet were published in the Philadelphia Record and New York Evening Post.