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Special Agent Tells Functions of FBI
The FBI has the job of enforcing some 165 different federal laws, a FBI special agent told the Chancery Club last night.
Henry A. Fitzgibbon, director of the Kansas City, Mo., FBI agency said the FBI has three main functions.
- It is a fact-finding agency concerned with reporting facts from interrogations and investigations and gathering evidence for use in trial, he said. The FBI agent also assists the prosecutor during the trial, he said. About three-fourths of the 6,000 FBI agents are lawyers, Fitzgibbon added.
- The FBI is concerned with safeguarding the internal security of the United States, Fitzgibbon said. This involves enforcing espionage and sabotage laws.
Henry A. Fitzgibbon
- The FBI investigates applicants for government jobs, he said. The FBI is employed as a fact-finding agency and reports its results to the government agency. The agency then makes the decision concerning the applicant, Fitzgibbon said.
Fitzgibbon recounted several unusual cases. One was the arrest of a member of Murder, Inc. The man, a hired killer, had committed 33 murders. Fitzgibbon said.
THE RECOVERY of KU's Manet painting also had an unusual twist, Fitzzibbon said.
When the painting was discovered in California in the home of William Basham. Basham refused to say anything about the presence of the painting.
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The FBI proved Basham knew the painting was stolen when Lawrence police discovered traffic tickets issued to Basham on the date of the theft. Basham then confessed.
Fitzbibbon said there are 55 FBI field offices in the United States. He said there are a limited number of FBI agents in other countries. The FBI, he said, has a working agreement with police agencies — such as Scotland Yard in England — in countries throughout the world.
AN FBI APPLICANT must be at least 23 years old and must pass the physical examination, Fitzgibbon said.
The applicant is also interviewed and given an aptitude test. The FBI then conducts an exhaustive character investigation of the applicant, Fitzgibbon said.
Every accepted applicant is sent to the FBI Academy in Washington, D.C., for a 14 week training period, Fitzgibbon said. The FBI agent's starting salary is $8,000 a year, he added.
Fitzgibbon said he has noted in 22 years with the FBI, that cases now require more work. The number of appeals is increasing, he said.
Fitzgibbon said too many confessed and habitual criminals are freed through appeals because of minor legal technicalities.
He said capital punishment had not been given a fair chance. He said if all and not part of the convictions in cases such as robbery murders and rape murders had ended in execution, there would be genuine basis for judging the effectiveness of capital punishment in deterring such crimes.
The Water Tasted Funny, Too
METHUEN, Mass. — (UPI) — Fire department officials yesterday wisely ruled out gas as the cause of a strong odor that forced George F. Kfeoury's family to leave their home Monday night.
A short time later workmen found a skunk trapped in a drain at the home.
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The International Club will take a nine-day trip to San Francisco during Spring vacation.
International Club To Travel West
The trip will include a five-day stay in San Francisco, and visits to Royal Gorge, Colo., Yosemite National Park, Calif., Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver. Colo.
Dave Roberts, chairman of the trip committee, said the International Hospitality Center at San Francisco will help plan entertainment and sightseeing for International Club members.
The cost of the trip will be $80.
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International Club members interested in taking the trip should sign up at the Club office in the Kansas Union or contact Dave Roberts at VI2-0258.
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