DOCSLIB.ORG

111Rberal Iureau Df 1Jllurstigatwll Luitrb Tatt!

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
111Rberal Iureau Df 1Jllurstigatwll Luitrb Tatt! A complaint was filed before the United States Commissioner at Cleveland, Ohio, October 13, 1936, charging Clarence Lee Shaffer and others with the interstate transportat ion from Lima, Ohio, to Chicago, Illinois, on April 27,1936, of jewelry valued at $12,000.00, knowing it was stolen, in violation of the National Stolen Property Act. Shaffer escaped from the County Jail, Greenfield, Indiana, October II, 1936, while awaiting trial for murder of a police officer. Shaffer is subject of Identification Order #1418. 111rberal iureau Df 1Jllurstigatwll luitrb tatt!l itpartmtut Df 3Justirt n" £lIgar ]i{nnutr, iirertnr DJalii"gtnn. m. art VOL. 6 NO. 4 APRil I, 1937 The Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, is charged with the duty of investigating violations of the laws of the United States and collecting evidence in cases in which the United States is or may be a party in interest. The following list indicates some of the major violations over which the Bureau has investigative jurisdiction:­ National Motor Vehicle Theft Act Interstate transportation of stolen property valued at $5,000 or more National Bankruptcy Act Interstate flight to avoid prosecution or testifying in certain cases White Slave Traffic Act Impersonation of Government Officials Larceny of Goods in Interstate Commerce Ki11ing or Assaulting Federal Officer Cases involving transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of any persons who have been kidnaped Extortion cases in which interstate commerce or interstate communication is an element Theft, Embezzlement or Illegal Possession of Government Property Antitrust Laws Robbery of National Banks and Member Danls of Federal Reserve System National Bank and Federal Reserve Act Violations, such as embezzlement, abstraction or misapplication of funds Crimes on any kind of Government reservation, including Indian Reserva­ tions or in any Government building or other Government property Neutral ity violations, including the shipment of arms to friendly nations Frauds against the Government Crimes in connection with the Federal Penal and Correctional Institutions Perjury, embezzlement, or bribery in connection with Federal Statutes or officials Crimes on the high seas FederaI Anti -Racketeering S tatu te The location of persons who are fugitives from justice by reason of vio­ lations of the Federal Laws over which the Bureau has jurisdiction, of escaped Federal prisoners, and parole and probation violators. The Bureau does not have investigative jurisdiction over the violations of Counterfeiting, Narcotic, Customs, Immigration, or Postal Laws. Law enforcement officials possessing information concerning violations over which the Bureau has investigative jurisdiction are requested to promptly for­ ward the same to the Special Agent in Charge of the nearest field division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice. The address of each field division of this Bureau appears on the inside back cover of this bulletin. Government Rate Collect telegrams or telephone calls will be accepted if information indicates that immediate action is necessary. FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN Vol. 8 APRIL 1937 No. 4 PUBLISHED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D. C. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction J. Edgar Hoover, Director Physical Fi tness and Law Enforcement 2 Identification of Firearm Used in Mass Murder 5 Impersonat ion Statute Violat ions and Local Law Enforcement Agency 9 Questionable Fingerprint Pattern 14 Internationat Exchange of Fingerprints 15 FBI Nat ional Poi ice Academy 18 Intere ting Identificatioos 25, 26, 27, 30 Fugitives Wanted 29 Apprehens ion 32 Regular law enforcement publications are authorized to reprint any material contain­ ed herein with appropriate reference to the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin as source. The FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN is published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice each month . Its material is compiled for the assistance of all Law Enforcement Officials and is a current catalogue of continuous reference for the Law Enforcement Officers of the Nation. JOl1 £bgar Jtoourr, lIirtrtor )frbtral iturtau of 3Jl1utstigatwl1 1tl1ittb j;tatrs Itpartwl1t of iJustitt .USIJitqJtl111, i. en. We of the criminal law enforcement profession have com­ mon objectives -- the prevention of crime and the suppression of existing crime . In order to accompl ish these aims we must proceed to the objective in unison. To do otherwise will result in fail­ ure , thereby affecting the welfare of those whom we are duty bound to protect and at the same time failing to accompl ish our personal ambitions. The combined law enforcement body in this country is a great army moving against a common enemy. Each unit in that army, the police departments , sheriffs' offices, state police organiza­ tions, Federal agencies, the prosecuting attorneys' offices, is an integral part of the army . Each unit is separate yet interdepend­ ent upon the other. As in a mili tary organization each unit has a distinct and separate duty to perform which if carried out faith­ fully and efficiently will assure attainment of the common objec­ tive. Organizations engaged in this fight must always be alert to opportunities to assist other units. This army cannot be honey­ combed with dissenters but all must weld themselves into a cooper­ a ti ve machine , every moving pa,rt functioning perfectly against a common antagonist. The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin should be regarded as a means of promoting and perfecting this coordinated machine . Knowl­ edge which has been gained through research or experience does not accompl ish its maximum benefit if not disseminated to others en­ gaged in a like enterprise. The bulletin is a medium of making information available to all units engaged in the eradication of crime. Director. 2 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT A young boy and his father inőuired of a police officer direct­ ing traffic as to the location of a publ ic library . The officer very courte­ ously and clearly gave the desired information., As the citizen and the ­ zen-to-be left the officer, the boy said, "Gee Pop , that sure is a swell looking policeman ." The father concurred by answering , "Yes Son, he is a real man, I only wish he were on duty in our neighborhood . " This incident reflects in many ways the close relationship be­ tween physical fitness and law enforcement. The apparently simple work of efficiently directing traffic reőuires alertness and coordination of mind and muscle, developed from a heal thy body . Energy is expended by merely standing on one 's feet, and over a long period of time only the phys ically fit have an adequate supply of energy needed to do effective police work. Excluding the obvious position of the traffic officer, why did the father and boy direct their attention to him? Police officers are not only guardians of the law, but also guardians of the public. The natural tendency to seek information from the officer was augmented by the way phys­ ical training allowed him to wear his uniform . The public is quick to no­ tice men with good physic;ues and neat appearances. These characteristics derive their growth from physical fitness. The officer upon whom attention focused could have traced his physical fitness and neatness back to his days of training when , as a rule, a police rookie is put through a well rounded physical training program . In case of no training he may have ýen the type of individual , as we all should be , who by his own initiative had taken steps to prevent his body from becoming a bulk of ill health and of slovenly appearance . In either case the results accomplished are of value and command respect , admiration and trust from a taxpayer and a future taxpayer. Young people, especially boys , admire and respect physical fitness. Any youth that grows up as an admirer and friend of a police Officer, is well on the road to assist in crime prevention. It has been said by many that the solution to crime lies with the youngster. Every youngster is not a criminal , but he can become a crim­ inal because of improper envi!'onment, o,ssociation and habits . The pOlice officer on the neighborhood beat can help to counteract bad environment , criminal association and bo,d habi ts . Neighborhood gangs of boys are phys­ j,cally minded and physically active. They will admire and respect the of­ ficer, if he is their ideo,l as e, man . Confidence to measure up to the standards expected of a police officer can be gained by physical fitness for the position. The boys will praise his ability to handle an intoxicat­ ed person or will admire his strength , speed and skill in arresting persons who may be engaged in some type of altercation or who may be wielding dan­ gerous weapons in committing their criminal acts . It is not necessary to be tough , overbearing and noisy, but simply being prepared to handle de­ cisively situations calling for physical action. 3 On many occasions an officer 's success or failure depends upon his physical and mental condition. Physical tone is in direct relation­ ship with :Dental power. John Doe , the banker, or Joe Gish, the laborer, are forever de:nanding protection , expecting the peace officer to be a man of sound , alert mind and sound body. An unsound mind results in inferior work and error, an unsound body is a fertile field for laziness, untidy appearance and publ ic slander . There is no such publ ic premium on the phys­ ical condition of the banker or laborer. The average citizen is not in the publ ic eye and as a rule serves himself. The law enforcement officer on the other hand is always in the publ ic eye and serves the publ ic. You owe it to yourself, your family , and your own department to keep fit.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Nebraska's Unique Contribution to the Entertainment World
    Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: Nebraska’s Unique Contribution to the Entertainment World Full Citation: William E Deahl Jr, “Nebraska’s Unique Contribution to the Entertainment World,” Nebraska History 49 (1968): 282-297 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1968Entertainment.pdf Date: 11/23/2015 Article Summary: Buffalo Bill Cody and Dr. W F Carver were not the first to mount a Wild West show, but their opening performances in 1883 were the first truly successful entertainments of that type. Their varied acts attracted audiences familiar with Cody and his adventures. Cataloging Information: Names: William F Cody, W F Carver, James Butler Hickok, P T Barnum, Sidney Barnett, Ned Buntline (Edward Zane Carroll Judson), Joseph G McCoy, Nate Salsbury, Frank North, A H Bogardus Nebraska Place Names: Omaha Wild West Shows: Wild West, Rocky Mountain and Prairie Exhibition
    [Show full text]
  • Courier Gazette : October 19, 1939
    IsS8UED J g ESDAY ItoURSDffiT Saturday he ourier azette T Entered is Second ClassC Mail Matter -G Established January, 1846 By The Courier-Gazette, 465 Main St. Rockland, Maine, Thursday, October 19, 1939 TWELVE PAGES V o lu m e 9 4 ....................Number 125. The Courier-Gazette [EDITORIAL] THREE-TIMES * WEEK HELLO DAD,” SAID HELVI HELD UP FEYLER’SLOBSTERS AIR AGAINST SEA Editor “The Black Cat” WM O FULLER Apropos of an editorial which appeared in this column Associate Editor At the Bell telephone exhibit at This Is going to be good, thought Tuesday is the rapidly dawning belief that the skies hold the FRANK A, WINSLOW the World's Fair 150 persons daily the other listeners, and they gave Union Trucks Place Ban On Rockland Concern, destinies of battles which will be fought in the future. Under arc permitted to talk free to any careful attention. Subscription* 43 00 per year payable the caption "Air Against Sea." the Press Herald yesterday said: In advance: single copies three cents. point In the United States, the And then, with gatling rapidity For Reason Unknown To It Advertising rate* baaed upon circula­ Defense is easier than offense, sav military tacticians, tion and very reasonable privilege determined by the draw­ Helvi began to talk to "dad" in writing of land operations. But what of the air? Here small NEWSPAPER HISTORY ing of lucky numbers. Finnish. handfuls of German planes have succeeded in doing consider­ (Press Herald) The Rockland Gazette was estab­ In attendance one night recently The 300 listeners put down their Commissioner of Sea and Shore able damage and ln causing a great deal of consternation lished In 1846.
    [Show full text]
  • THE WALTER STANLEY CAMPBELL COLLECTION Inventory and Index
    THE WALTER STANLEY CAMPBELL COLLECTION Inventory and Index Revised and edited by Kristina L. Southwell Associates of the Western History Collections Norman, Oklahoma 2001 Boxes 104 through 121 of this collection are available online at the University of Oklahoma Libraries website. THE COVER Michelle Corona-Allen of the University of Oklahoma Communication Services designed the cover of this book. The three photographs feature images closely associated with Walter Stanley Campbell and his research on Native American history and culture. From left to right, the first photograph shows a ledger drawing by Sioux chief White Bull that depicts him capturing two horses from a camp in 1876. The second image is of Walter Stanley Campbell talking with White Bull in the early 1930s. Campbell’s oral interviews of prominent Indians during 1928-1932 formed the basis of some of his most respected books on Indian history. The third photograph is of another White Bull ledger drawing in which he is shown taking horses from General Terry’s advancing column at the Little Big Horn River, Montana, 1876. Of this act, White Bull stated, “This made my name known, taken from those coming below, soldiers and Crows were camped there.” Available from University of Oklahoma Western History Collections 630 Parrington Oval, Room 452 Norman, Oklahoma 73019 No state-appropriated funds were used to publish this guide. It was published entirely with funds provided by the Associates of the Western History Collections and other private donors. The Associates of the Western History Collections is a support group dedicated to helping the Western History Collections maintain its national and international reputation for research excellence.
    [Show full text]
  • William H. Parker and the Thin Blue Line: Politics, Public
    WILLIAM H. PARKER AND THE THIN BLUE LINE: POLITICS, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND POLICING IN POSTWAR LOS ANGELES By Alisa Sarah Kramer Submitted to the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of American University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In History Chair: Michael Kazin, Kimberly Sims1 Dean o f the College of Arts and Sciences 3 ^ Date 2007 American University Washington, D.C. 20016 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UBRARY Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 3286654 Copyright 2007 by Kramer, Alisa Sarah All rights reserved. INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. ® UMI UMI Microform 3286654 Copyright 2008 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. © COPYRIGHT by Alisa Sarah Kramer 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. I dedicate this dissertation in memory of my sister Debby.
    [Show full text]
  • Front Matter
    Cecil_J Edgar Hoover & Amer Press 11/19/13 1:39 PM Page v © University Press of Kansas. All rights reserved. Reproduction and distribution prohibited without permission of the Press. CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Introduction 1 1. The FBI’s Ongoing Crisis of Legitimacy 12 2. A Bureau Built for Public Relations 43 3. Enforcing the Bureau’s Image of Restraint 76 4. Silencing a “Useful Citizen” 101 5. Investigating Critics on the Left 124 6. Dividing the Press 156 7. Engaging Defenders in the Press 177 8. Corresponding with Friends in the Press 193 9. Managing Friends in the Broadcast Media 217 10. Renewing the FBI Story in Bureau-Authorized Books 239 11. Building a Television Audience 265 Conclusion 282 Notes 289 Selected Bibliography 339 Index 345 Cecil_J Edgar Hoover & Amer Press 11/19/13 1:39 PM Page vi © University Press of Kansas. All rights reserved. Reproduction and distribution prohibited without permission of the Press. Cecil_J Edgar Hoover & Amer Press 11/19/13 1:39 PM Page vii © University Press of Kansas. All rights reserved. Reproduction and distribution prohibited without permission of the Press. ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Reporters interviewing “Hoover” 7 2. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer 17 3. J. Edgar Hoover at his Justice Department desk 20 4. Harlan Fiske Stone 23 5. Louis B. Nichols 29 6. Hoover congratulates assistant director William C. Sullivan 32 7. Columnist and broadcaster Walter Winchell 38 8. President Roosevelt signs into law the Twelve Point Crime Control Program 49 9. Hoover speaks with unidentified reporters 53 10. Washington Star reporter Neil “Rex” Collier fingerprints Hoover 59 11.
    [Show full text]
  • J. Edgar Hoover and the Rhetorical Rise of the Fbi: the Public Campaigns Against Vermin, the Fifth Column, and Red Fascism
    ABSTRACT Title of Document: J. EDGAR HOOVER AND THE RHETORICAL RISE OF THE FBI: THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS AGAINST VERMIN, THE FIFTH COLUMN, AND RED FASCISM. Stephen Michael Underhill, PhD, 2012 Directed By: Professor Shawn J. Parry-Giles, Department of Communication This project examines J. Edgar Hoover’s rhetorical leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman administrations (1933-1953). Hoover launched and sustained a concerted domestic propaganda program that helped enhance his own political power and invented the FBI as a central force in domestic and international matters. In the process, he re- envisioned conceptions of U.S. citizenship by promoting notions of idealized citizenship. Hoover entered law enforcement and U.S. politics during the early decades of the twentieth century—a time of increased use of public campaigns sponsored by the U.S. government and presidential administrations to alter public opinion on important policy matters. This period witnessed, for example, the country’s experimentation with domestic propaganda during World War I. While the Soviet Union and Germany used disease, vermin, parasite, and body metaphors to organize their own domestic propaganda campaigns in the following decades, Hoover used these same metaphors to advance the need to purify America and exterminate its social pariah. Through his public campaigns against vermin (1933-1939), the Fifth Column (1939-1945), and Red Fascism (1945-1953), Hoover constructed a reality in which corruption and subversion were immutable elements of democratic life. Increasingly, Hoover’s tactics of threat and intimidation began to mimic the tactics of threat practiced by America’s enemies, moving the country closer to what many at the time called a police state.
    [Show full text]
  • Courtney Ryley Cooper Journalist 1886-1940
    Missouri Valley Special Collections Courtney Ryley Cooper Journalist 1886-1940 By Daniel Coleman The idea of running away with the circus remained a fantasy to most of the American children who dreamed of it in the late 1800s, but not Courtney Ryley Cooper, who left his Kansas City home to travel with a circus troupe as a teen. The Big Top life never ceased to fascinate him, and Cooper drew upon it throughout his long career in another profession about which many dream but few realize success, that of a rich and famous adventure writer. Born October 31, 1886, Courtney Ryley Cooper’s Halloween arrival gained him an otherworldly reputation with his three sisters, who sensed something supernatural in their pixie-like younger brother. His parents, Catherine Grenolds and Baltimore Thomas Cooper, descended from early settlers of Maryland and Virginia. Young “Court” showed an unusual childhood connection with animals; his insistence on bringing the family cat along on hunting expeditions became family legend, and it was often impossible to tear him away from the exotic animals caged on Kansas City’s circus grounds, fortuitously located several blocks from the Cooper home at 1424 Flora Avenue. The death of his father in 1900 led to a state of domestic chaos from which Cooper slipped away to a small circus that had been encamped near his home. Between assignments as a water boy, sign painter, barker, dancer, and clown, he performed any other job he could handle. But he discovered his true calling while writing long letters home to his mother in which he described the many sights and sounds of his strange new life on the road.
    [Show full text]
  • O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD PRIZE STORIES of 1921
    u 3 1 ^Daiiid ©.oMcTKmj Sftbitang Chosen b society of 38 o arts and sciences Prize stories of 1921 9 \ A > Date Due j m^7 ym RICKS COLLEGE LRC [/ 3 1404 00 094 164 8 MEMORIAL 0. HENRY AWARD PRIZE STORIES 1921 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Brigham Young University-Idaho http://archive.org/details/ohenrymemorialaw01will 0. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD PRIZE STORIES of 1921 CHOSEN BY THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BLANCHE COLTON WILLIAMS Author of "A Handbook on Storv Writing," "Our Short Story Writers,"' Etc. Associate Professor of English. Hunter College of the City of New York Instructor in Story Writing, Columbia Univer' sity (Extension Teaching and Summer Session) GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1923 COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1922, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN Copyright, 1920, 1921, by The Ridgway Company, and The Metropolitan Publications, Inc. Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers; The Curtis Publishing Company in the United States and Great Britain; Charles Scribner's Sons; The Crowell Publishing Company; Wm. H. Kofold; Consolidated Magazines Corporation (The Red Book Magazine) All rights reserved, and The Pictorial Review Company PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. t CD H cm CONTENTS PAGE The Heart of Little Shikara. By Edison Marshall i The Man Who Cursed the Lilies. By Charles Ten- ney Jackson 29 The Urge. By Maryland Allen 45 Mummery. By Thomas Beer 66 The Victim of His Vision.
    [Show full text]
  • Annie Oakley: Woman at Arms
    ANNIE OAKLEY: WOMAN AT ARMS BY COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc. © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc. © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc. © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc. © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc. © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc. © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc. © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc © 2008 Tantor Media, Inc This PDF eBook was produced in the year 2008 by Tantor Media, Incorporated, which holds the copyright thereto.
    [Show full text]
  • The Esquire Case: a Lost Free Speech Landmark
    University at Buffalo School of Law Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law Journal Articles Faculty Scholarship 12-1-2018 The Esquire Case: A Lost Free Speech Landmark Samantha Barbas University at Buffalo School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles Part of the Communications Law Commons, and the First Amendment Commons Recommended Citation Samantha Barbas, The Esquire Case: A Lost Free Speech Landmark, 27 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 287 (2018). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/949 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal Articles by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE ESQUIRE CASE: A LOST FREE SPEECH LANDMARK Samantha Barbas* During the Second World War, one of the most highly publicized cases impli- cating speech and press freedoms did not involve political dissent. It did not involve opposition to the war, socialism, Communism, pacifism, anarchism, or any political matter whatsoever. Instead, it involved pin-up girls and a popular men’s magazine. The First Amendment cause célèbre of the first half of the 1940s was the Post Office Department’s seemingly arbitrary denial of second-class mailing privileges to Esquire magazine, on grounds that it did not “contribute to the
    [Show full text]
  • The End of the Red Queen's Race: Medical Marijuana in the New Century, 27 Quinnipiac L
    Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Scholarly Commons at Hofstra Law Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship 2009 The ndE of the Red Queen's Race: Medical Marijuana in the New Century Ruth C. Stern J. Herbie DiFonzo Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/faculty_scholarship Recommended Citation Ruth C. Stern and J. Herbie DiFonzo, The End of the Red Queen's Race: Medical Marijuana in the New Century, 27 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 673 (2009) Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/faculty_scholarship/459 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons at Hofstra Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons at Hofstra Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE END OF THE RED QUEEN'S RACE: MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE NEW CENTURY Ruth C. Stern and J. Herbie DiFonzo * Lately it occurs to me What a long strange trip it's been. Robert Hunter I. INTRODUCTION More than forty years after the Summer of Love, marijuana still soothes and vexes the public consciousness. Research data on the therapeutic uses of cannabis continue to accumulate, adding fuel to an ongoing controversy about permissible drug use. In recent decades the contours of the debate have shifted, and adapted to the drive to legalize medicinal marijuana. But there is something eerily familiar about the rhetoric, the partisan fury, even the ubiquity of that bright green botanical logo.
    [Show full text]
  • The Truman Doctrine Speech and J. Edgar Hoover’S Rhetorical Realism
    Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar Communications Faculty Research Communications Fall 2017 Prisoner of Context: The rT uman Doctrine Speech and J. Edgar Hoover’s Rhetorical Realism Stephen Underhill Marshall University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://mds.marshall.edu/communications_faculty Part of the Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons Recommended Citation Underhill, Stephen M. "Prisoner of Context: The rT uman Doctrine Speech and J. Edgar Hoover’s Rhetorical Realism." Rhetoric & Public Affairs 20.3 (2017): 453-487. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Communications at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Communications Faculty Research by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. PRISONER OF CONTEXT:THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE SPEECH AND J. EDGAR HOOVER’S RHETORICAL REALISM STEPHEN M. UNDERHILL In this project, I argue that J. Edgar Hoover’s style of political realism should be studied by critics because it long preceded that of President Harry S. Truman. The style belonged to a stockpile of anti-Communist imagery that helped to shape how the Truman Doctrine speech was drafted and how audiences interpreted its meanings in more local domestic politics. When Truman fınally announced that the Soviet Union had challenged international protocol, I argue that he confırmed the vision that his Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director and other detractors had developed throughout the New Deal to discredit reformers who challenged issues of race, labor, and police technique. In this way, anti-Communist containment rhetoric limited the president’s ability to control the domestic security and economic agendas.
    [Show full text]