 The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents this is your FBI official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Presenter transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community Later in the program. We will bring you an important message from Mr. J. Edgar Hoover on our nation's internal security Food psychologist who has had contacts with numerous leaders of American business once remarked success and self confidence go hand in hand Men who have a strong conviction that they are going to succeed are the ones who rise to the top in every field for people of this type People who have this feeling of certainty about themselves The Equitable Life Assurance Society has created its famous life insurance plan for men and women on the way up Do those words describe you? Then you'll be interested in about 14 minutes when I give full details of the Equitable Plan for men and women on the way up Tonight the subject of our FBI file fraud its title The Profiteers unscrupulous individuals who try to take advantage of a wartime emergency War to these chisellers is not a time for sacrifice. It is a golden opportunity for illegal profits Tonight's case from the official files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Dates back to World War two It was chosen to serve as a reminder that America must always be on its guard against the type of man who puts his pocketbook above patriotism To wives and mothers of servicemen today This file should also serve as a reassurance It shows that law enforcement agencies like the FBI are Constantly alert for criminals to whom money is more important than the lives of our fighting men Tonight's FBI file opens on a sandy stretch of desert in North Africa back in the year 1943 Some distance from Tunis a company of GI infantry is pinned down waiting for their artillery support to strike at an enemy concentration As the artillery shells continue to fall beyond the lines a weary soldier shovels through the early dawn toward a shallow foxhole Come on Moving up already. No the phone's gone dead at the CP not again You gotta find out where the lines broke come we get all the easy jobs Pull I guess got some wire Artie's got this pool Been out since chow There's line. No checked this far Let's keep going these flies get any bigger. I'm gonna throw a saddle in them They wouldn't let you ride This is the infantry Nothing wrong with the wire so far. Jay It's broke somewhere. I know but Hey, huh up there guy stretched out Come on. It's already not yet Let's open up a shirt real good Where's the sniper? You probably wondered to Mr.. Stopped here to fix the line. There's a break You already fixed it. Huh? See the splice What was he doing? Jake look at the wire coming off that spool this whole full of splits How do they expect anybody to fix the line with that stuff you better get Artie back to the medics Grab his other eye First Medic a few months later at an FBI field office in the eastern part of the United States Special agent Jim Taylor is at his desk when a friend approaches morning Jim. Oh, hi bird How's the leg? Okay, if I throw enough weight on the cane grab a chair. Thanks Jim I need some help name it bird if I can do anything you know, I will I Never told you how I got this leg Wanted to straighten everything out myself, but I can so that's why I'm here But I don't think I understand My outfit was near Tunis. We stopped when our artillery couldn't zero in on some German tanks because the phone from our command post went dead Friend of mine named Artie French went out after chow with the school of wire to fix the break in the line He didn't come back two of us were sent out after him Just after we found him the same sniper who shot Artie got me and my pal It's tough Well, I saved some of that wire and No, Jim. It was just plain no good came apart in your hand You take a look for yourself This hit uh-huh I found numbers on the spool There were quartermaster code for the company that makes this stuff It's the cable company right here in town. What the one out on the turn please. Yeah I've heard from the quartermaster core. They've had other complaints about wire from them So when I was discharged from the hospital, I went out there and I got a job Or didn't the army check them? Yeah, they always get the same answer and why I must have gone bad after it left the plan I see I Like to see the FBI take a good look at that factory Jim bird. We can't just decide to investigate a place, sir. I Know how you feel but well, there's got to be more evidence And how about this? Yesterday I cut this piece of wire off a spool with an okayed inspection tag on that's as bad as the stuff I bought back from Africa up for yourself. I have to be an electrician to see that Yeah I'll leave the samples will you sure I'll have the lab run some tests and we'll see what we can do Frank can I see a minute sure small problem department? What is it? We've got a visitor outside an FBI man. Well, we'll take care of them. You're the general manager What does he want? He showed me a couple of strands says there's been a complaint about them Can't you handle that I didn't try to why not my job is turning out the wire What happens to it after it leaves? Here's your business. What'd you tell him? I asked him to wait Where is he now? Oh by the cashiers desk, you know Frank three inspections in six months That's a little heavy When I moved you up to the foreman's job Joe, you know what the deal was and you went along with it I know I did but this and the FBI man in here you get things lined up over the plant By the time we finish giving him the treatment. We'll have the FBI for a customer You sent for me Mitch. Yes, Jim the SAC wants you to turn in all your file. Why what's up? Well, he's putting you on that cable company case I thought Harrison went out there you did and as far as he could tell the inspection machines were working perfectly Well, then why are we still on the case? Well, they have a lab report here on the wire samples not one of them should have passed a legitimate inspection And Harrison only saw what they wanted him to know it appears that way Now Jim is your GI friend still working out at the plant. Yeah We want you to go out there tomorrow and get a job. They're advertising for men But don't use your friend for reference. What should I try and get to any special department stop by the lab and see dark Hanson? He'll tell you what to look for What test is this doc? Well, it's called pre-aging the samples of wire in those metal cylinders Yeah, I see after the water's heated this valve here Automatically opens and applies pressure on the wire now what for see if it'll stand up under rough conditions in the field Wire takes a tougher physical than a human being. That's supposed to anyway come over here, Jim Now this is the last machine. Yeah, it's called the sparking tester Finished wire runs through these coils charged with electricity. Is it and here? Here's a spool of wire where the insulation is unbroken now look I'll I'll run part of it through Except for the noise of the wires running through the coils. You heard nothing, huh? That's right now I'll Put on a spool of defectively insulated wire. Hey, what's that? Each time there's a break in the insulation this buzzer sounds off. Now. You're an expert Jim. Oh, sure Well, when do you go out there tomorrow morning? Hello, John Frank, I want to talk to you. Oh One in the office. I want out out of what this deal. I'm sorry, Joe The officials of the company cut me in on the profits because they knew I'd run the place the right way You're part of my team. I can't afford to lose you. You're going to What do you think would happen if the FBI found out about your part in the deal? How could they find out about me? Somebody might call them you Man's inhumanity to man is a terrible thing Joe and I've got the time. We'll discuss it Right now though. I'm busy. So get back over to the plant. Well, I don't know. Go on boy. Go back to work Okay, but if I stay I don't want any more trouble there won't be any I've got the solution to all our problems come back after the whistle blows and I'll tell you all about it Your name Bert Morrill. I'm from the front of us. You've been punching your time card wrong When you come here, I'll show you how to do it No, you check the machine again just about took it apart this morning another report came through from the lab the samples You gave me yesterday tested good all the way. I'll get this And maybe I'll ask Joe Stone to transfer me to another machine. No, no, you stay put Jim can't you come up with anything out of all those books in the front of us working on a new angle now It might pay off. What is it? I got up a list this afternoon of where every shipment of wire went during the last three weeks for well before the Spools are shipped overseas. I want to have samples reexamined the lab's all set up to give me quick reports As soon as I leave here tonight, I'll start calling every army dep on the list Jim, how are you coming out the factory kind of slow Mitch? Have you got any definite leads now? Well, then I'm afraid we'd better close the investigation Why write a report for me and go back to your old cases Good Mitch. I know something's going on out there Well, you've seen the lab reports every sample we got from those army depos last week tested perfect on every machine Yeah, I know We've gone over the records of every government inspector assigned to the plant and they're all clean But I still have some files in the office out there I should go to the general the general in charge of supplies for this port called this afternoon And he said if we don't stop slowing up deliveries on the wire You'll go to Washington with his complaint. Well, doesn't he realize we're trying to protect soldiers live? Sure, but he's got a job the same as we have He's got to get that wire overseas. Oh look, we did find the sample shipped out of the factory before the 17th of this month We're 50% bad. Well, all those spools have been recalled. All right, Mitch But why should they produce 50% bad wire up to a certain date and then start turning out a perfect product after that? I don't know Jim And I'm not criticizing you for not finding out I can only tell you we can't take the pressure much longer. How much time can you give me? Well, I should be taking you off the thing right now. Let me have another two weeks, Mitch All right, but that's it two weeks. By then you've either got to come up with definite evidence or drop the case And shortly to tonight's case from the official files of your FBI Now for a moment. Let's consider an entirely different type of case The story of Jack Morley a man who realized that there's no end to the frontiers of American opportunity Jack was a milkman in the dawn's early light. He delivered much more than milk He delivered himself up that rugged road of success. He got so many new customers that pretty soon Well, you tell him jack. Well the company I work for put me in their sales department And jack's giving that job his best too. He's got a lot more responsibilities and he's making more money Back when jack was driving the milk truck. He dreamed of getting ahead His equitable society representative had a strong hunch that jack was a fellow whose dreams would come true He told jack about the equitable plan for men and women on the way up A life insurance plan for people whose future held real promise of greater achievement greater income and responsibility The equitable plan is perfect for that ambitious type because it's flexible It's geared to give you more insurance coverage as you cover more ground on the road to success It's life insurance that grows as you grow as my salary went up the options in my equitable plan made it simple for me To keep my insurance in line with my income another fine thing about the equitable plan Is that its cost is exceptionally low during the first few years? Yet your family gets the life insurance protection They need that low cost at the start was just what the doctor ordered I didn't have to go in the hole to pay for my insurance. Whatever you do Whatever your age why not take a tip from jack morley Let your equitable society representative tell you about the equitable plan for men and women on the way up Or send a postcard care of this station to the equitable society That's e q u i t a b l e the equitable life assurance society of the united states And now back to the fbi file the profiteers Deliberately turning out defective arms ammunition or other equipment for our armed forces is beyond question One of the lowest crimes known to man Actually, it is at least four crimes in one combining murder Grand Blossom a sabotage and treason in one loathsome package This is a revolting crime But happily your fbi is able to report that it is an exceedingly uncommon one Even among our present prison population It would probably be difficult to find many men willing to perform such an act of betrayal for any price Consider the hundreds of thousands of contracts and subcontracts completed by patriotic american industry during world war two Then remember that the case selected for dramatization tonight was all the more notorious because of its extreme rarity That such a crime is seldom committed is however no excuse for lack of vigilance During today's emergency the men of your fbi give you this solemn pledge That they will take every measure to protect our fighting men and industry itself From a stab in the back like the one you are hearing about tonight Tonight's fbi file continues a week later in the factory office of general manager frank hudson Foreman joe stone has just entered Joe things are picking up. We got a navy order today for what? Wire what else but we can't handle the business we've got got the men on overtime now I know Well, should we put on a whole new shift? There's no need for that all we have to do is go back to using the rejects not me frank I didn't call you up here to discuss this joe those are orders Suppose the fbi comes back. We've been turning out perfect wire for a month now Have you got any idea what that's done to our profits? I don't care. Well, I do I'm operating this plant on a percentage less profits or less I get Now I'll be here tonight at the usual time joe. Don't be late Bert that's jim Bert, I think I may have a lead What? I just finished checking the sign in book from the front gate Joe stone and frank hudson used to come back to the factory every night around midnight You know why no, but they stopped on the 16th of last month. All right the next day the wire started coming through perfect I wonder why they quit. I don't know if they made another midnight visit last night. Oh Why's your machine been working today? You haven't had a single reject. Well, that means I'm on the right track. What are you going to do trying get some proof Oh by being here tonight in case they do come back Mitchell speaking Mitch. This is jim taylor. Yes, jim. Can you meet me tonight? Sure fine. I'll need a hand movie camera What for well? I think the general manager and the foreman rigged the machines around midnight now If we can get pictures of them doing the rigging that should be all the proof we need Well, any place out there to hide while we take the pictures? Yeah, we can perch up on top of the lockers have a clear view of the whole place need anything besides the camera No, what time you want to meet? Well, how's 11 o'clock in the factory parking lot? I'll be there fine Now to give us an hour to get inside set up the camera and go into it Come in when you're through right? That's the door in this door and I might as well cut the camera The machines in that room No, it's probably where they remove the tags when the spools that have been approved and Switch them on a reject. Well, you know the layout in there not too. Well, Mitch I'll go in tomorrow find a place we can use for cover tomorrow night. We'll take some more pictures Mitchell speaking Mitch. This is jim. Where are you? I'm out at the factory. I can't talk too long The s.a.c. looked at that film yet and just now and he says there's not enough evidence What? We pointed out Hudson and stone might claim they were repairing the machine instead of rigging it at that time of night Well, there's no proof in the film what time it is Yeah, I know Mitch, but oh how about getting pictures of them tonight in the storeroom? Oh, that's not got any other ideas Just one. Well, what is it if you can arrange to have two and we're in trouble What happened? There are a couple of fbi men outside and one of them is the agent who was out here last month Harrison yeah And there are two government inspectors with them and I never saw before They want to go through the plant right away. I stole them. I don't think we can Go out and tell them the rules are that no one enters the plant area without a personal pass from me I told them that Then send them in here. I'll hold them while you get the sparking tester fixed How can I fix the sparking tester the plant's full of men working give them a 10 minute break while they're out You'll have more time than you need now run along Just stay by the machine. Oh mr. Stone. Who are you? I work in the office. Well, go back up there Tomorrow you're supposed to be taking a break. There's something wrong with my machine Fix it on a company's time. Well, look mr. Stone if it breaks down, I'll get laid off We don't treat our men that way going outside both of you so you can tamper with that machine What that's your idea, isn't it? What's your name taylor? What department you're working bookkeeping? You're fired go get your time. I've got another job mr. Stone Hear my credentials That's right. You're under arrest Jim here comes Hudson. Look, he's the boss. Yes. I know mr. Stone. This other warrant has his name on it Hudson joe stone and two officials of the cable company All pleaded guilty in federal court of fraud against the government and were given both heavy fines and prison sentences In addition the corporation was fined ten thousand dollars And now ladies and gentlemen Here is a vital message on our nation's internal security from j. Edgar Hoover director of the federal bureau of investigation Mr. Hoover's message is and I quote The nation's internal security program is cast on a nationwide premise The FBI has been assigned the specific responsibility Of coordinating all investigations of espionage sabotage And subversive activities within the continental united states and the territorial possessions Only through a national coordinated program of investigation may subversive forces be uncovered and effectively countered Activity in a single community may be only a fragment of the whole operation To be successful the local effort must be coordinated with the national effort And in this the local authority's principal responsibility Is to report the information to the federal agency which has the authority to act All law enforcement agencies patriotic groups and loyal citizens have a part in this program Now we would like to leave you one last thought about the equitable plan for men and women on the way up This plan was created for one particular type of person It's designed for the man who is confident that someday he'll tell his wife Hey, Barbara, they're going to give me a chance at big leans old job with a real raise in pay Are you confident that someday you too will get ahead? Then don't wait another day Ask your equitable society representative to work out your own personal plan for a man on the way up Or send a postcard care of this station to the equitable life assurance society Next week we will dramatize another case from the files of the federal bureau of investigation its subject Illegal gambling its title The corruptors The incidents used in tonight's equitable life assurance society's broadcast Are adapted from the files of the federal bureau of investigation However, all names used are fictitious And any similarity thereof to the names of places or persons living or dead is accidental Tonight the music was composed and conducted by frederick steiner The author was gerry d lewis Your narrator was william woodson and special agent taylor was played by stacey harris Others in the cast were ed begley dick prenner howl darson lamont johnson vernon rich and adam williams This is your fbi is a gerry divine production This is larry keating speaking for the equitable life assurance society of the united states And the equitable society's representative in your community And inviting you to tune in again next week at this same time When the equitable life assurance society will bring you another thrilling transcribe story From the files of the federal bureau of investigation The corruptors on this is your fbi Stay tuned for the adventures of azi and harriet There's fun for the whole family when azi and harriet come your way next This program came to you from hollywood