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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
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IF Playmtes; gangsters who rat ond ah" E92lY92men_meet certain death at the3'1! °£ Q °"¢-W?! ride. But squealers" whoab;"l':h the llhited Customs officialsF 5m"B8l"1£ activities get a bonus.or more than_100 years, the Treasury *De.Paftinent has paid such rewards to "squeal.5'5" T1" Practice of paying the rewards-taigtyd $100,000 in the past two :nonL 5_-form; asAa bonus system to encourage in.wards 8. ht present, the amount of the re.nes age ased _upon the grand total of thean penalties assessed each convicted'5mHggles_ The squealers" get twenty-vePer cent of the entire sum, providin that theYétfd be not more than $50,000.mmttest to gamer the bounty oI'the govern.ma.d "£8 5_Y,""££1mz Case was the pro-Nazia ' ' °_5§fw@b_°!'. Wh0_ Supplied Customsgents wit the informati n that led to the
Pgeme Court Justice Edgar J. h .signed from the bench; J acldeiiiiayufihdjieiargegums, radio comedians; and Albert N_92Chap_wa:e- °"_"92ShaP11°! for smuggling. Missme tr wi eventually be handed a govern-en. voucher for a sum amounting to;ip.
P"°X"E3mY $20,000 for her "services" inSW?- "08 Wt B11 affidavit and testifying tq the
it . I _W°Ytl92 of iewelry and personalems into this country slnge 1933_conviction of Mrs. Elma N.fLauer, wife of Su- /
Io P"S°':!3| Pfeiudite on the_part'of the in-"TIEP Oesnt" make any difference to the
government. The fact that the "squealey" di-vulges information to the Customs agents toBet even" does noreward, provided {}1ep:leC §X:lt igaiéiiiiil; 2; iii:chrirges. Miss Weber was the Lauer's maidsh $q92l¢3T?d *mr~hlrs. Laue: with mal' iafdrethought. J 2 we{A Gennan ciflzen, Miss Weber wasserving
dinnnr at the Laucr's one, nightwhei1 some of the guests, includ-
ing Chaperau, made remmarksthat the maid considered deroga-
tory to Hitler. Interrupting themeal, Rose Weber shouted:"l am a citizen of the Father-
land. l love Hitler and I won't
serve any more of this dinner
if you go on talking about him! _ When former Justice Lauer im-
§ mediately discharged the girl, she cried: _
I'll get even with you all forthis!" '
She did.
Another disgruntled employeewho put her boss "on the spot"and collected blood money from
the Treasury Department forsmuggling information was Chris-? tine92Drouadsine. She was em-
ployed formerly in the stockroomsof exclusiveldarcel Rochas,
lnc., Parisian dress importers.At work, Christine saw the trunks
of lovely models, who had justreturned from abroad. opened and
emptied of smuggled, costly
gowns.Fired last year from her job,Cri~4'-Line didn't know that thiscourmays informers in smug-
was one of pique against Guy"lTos;'@_ds Font-Joyeuse, managerof the dress importing rm, who
discharged her. When dismissed,gling cases. Her whole attitude .Y
Christine lost no time in telling
her story to agents of the U. S.
Customs House By furnishingagents and the United States At»torney's office with names of
customers of the shop she en-
abled them to obtain all the evi-dence necessary {or a conviction.
Duties owed by the dress rm.amounted to $30,000, the fines
imposed, $1,000; so Christine: cut,figured at 25 per cent, amounted
to approximately $7,750 forsquealing on her fonner em-
p_l_oyers.
THE top reward of $50,000 forinformation in a smuggling
case has been paid out by the
Treasury Departmenronly oncein recent years. That was in
1937, when the sum paid to MaryDoe." the ctitious name behind
which the squealer" hid in a
diamond-smuggling case. Theidentity of the iriformer was
never divulged by the Customs
agents who arrested and caughtMrs. Pearliweinberg with $286,-346 worth of smuggled diamondsas the Bronx housewife descended
the gangplank of the liner Nor-
mandie.
' Acting upon information gained
from the informant, SupervisingCustoms Agent John W. Robberts
stumbled against Mrs. Weinbbergas she walked down the gang-
planlc.- when he bumped into her,he knocked from under her arm
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an overnight bag, which fell,broke open and disclosed a faipebottom compartment wherein 1*!:-posed the smuggled diamonds. nless than three days, forty pes-sons connected with the smu -
gling ring were arrested,Only last month, another un-identified squealer" caused the
penthouse apartment of Mrs.
James C./Ayer, wealthy socialitewidow of the noted surgeon and
painter, to be searched. A squadof Customs agents trained to spot
a gown designed by Molyneauxwithout seeing the label rum-
maged through the apartment andseized a large quantity of jewels.gowns and lingerie suspected ofaving been brought from abroadwithout payment of duty, Theraid was made apparently on the
tip on the informer, whose iden-
tity has been carefully guarded.The search warrant wasbased on
a detailed affidavit signed in asmall neat hand. The signature
was merely Mary Doe."
According to the affidavit, Mrs.
Ayers alleged contraband was
tentatively assessed as worth
between $20,000 and $110,000.Thus, if Mrs. Ayer is convicted
on a smuggling charge, hernemesis, the informer who
"squealed" to the Customs agents.stands to receive at least $5.999. 8not insignificant sum for an act
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gruntled maid "squealed" to Customs agents.
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Dear Sir:
hecently while an agent 01' this office was at the United StatesPenitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa., equested that he be allowedto see an agent of this Bureau. ' e a in erviewed, when he informed that
he had about seventy days longer to serve at the penitentiaryiand his homeis in New York City. He stated he would like to be transferjfed to"*New'YoZkuity immediately because his wife is ill. ;_,.» 5:; "5;
-, --~ '1" . 1" ._he stated/he was ac uainted wit with this in mind A q _n_who was recently involved with JACK BEHIIY and uEORGE92BUhNS_g1n connection with
smuggling activities; that he was of the opinion he possibly could5:ass1'st in
any further investigation being conducted in connection wi th*this individual,E He stated that es beenéngaged in smuglgling ac§__ivitf_i__es
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in New Xork bounty in connection with stolen bonds and a detainer is presently
filed against him at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, in connection
with this matter; that he is of the opinion this indictment will be quashed atthe time 01' his release. ' S I
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1 h i t i e ti Government __in con ion wwt an ncome ax nv s g ' ' if
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you may take the proper steps to transmit this information trrthév
investigative agencies. In the event your office has any inf
this individual that may be connected with any Bureau case, it is
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to purchase jewelry. Some time last spring,Mrs. Jack
Bdnny,wife of the radio star,"nas supposed to have bro-
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mpublishinga tp_e__J oase of the jewelry smu lin of Jack I.__"Benny and°Burns. It is also known that s broughtA/back jewelry from Paris and Nice, Fr. ,bu 0 not knowQ whether he paid duty on ihghas not a good name C. with the Int. "Rev Bureau on tters. At this timeand altho business was making $50,000.- a year
assigned, his property and home in Santa Barbara,sn a
oontents,as per Los Angeles County recoi-ds. While in Los
Angeles during the week, days he stays at a house he former}owned and also assigned to-at Whitely Heights.L.A.
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DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION
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In connection/with your call to Inspector Foxworth last nightregarding Jack§Eenny's case with respect to the allegation that
Cahill is going to persecute the man rather than prosecute him,
Mr. Foxworth telephoned me this morning after talking to Mr.
Cahill.
MrJ4CahHl said to tell you that the attorney had been in to
see him and wanted him to dismiss the indictment; that when
he refused to do this, the attorney wanted to enter a plea-of
nolleiibltre. Mr. Cahill is not familiar with this plea and
informed the attorney that such pleas are not acceptablefin
that district. Cahill also told the attorney that he would
not take a plea of nolo contendere. V
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Mr. Cahill wanted you informed of his appreciation for giving
him the information and that he would like to discuss this
with you some time and assure you that no personalities are
coming into the case. Mr. Foxworth advised Mr. Cahill that
you had no interest in the matter other than to furnish him
the information and that you knew nothing about the merits
of the case. i
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Dear Sir:
, In a recent conversation with
Tational Broadcasting Company of - ehollywood, ,being a director and producer of shows, he advised me that
JACK BENNY, radio comedian, who, according to today's press,
.pled guilty to smuggling charges in New York City, has beenvery worried as to the outcome of the trial. erranges
the program for BENNY and is intimately acquainted with him. __
BENNY and his sponsors were very much afraid that he would re- ' 3ceive a penitentiary sentence in connection with this case. _ .92
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his dislike for HITLER and things German in general, has had ;
difficulty with his sponsors, the American Tobacco Company,
and the sponsor actually endeavored to cancel his contract
after a recent episode in Hollywood. They were not legally
able to break this contract and the comedian has eight or nine
weeks before it expires. VJc
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After the conclusion of a recent broadcast in
Hollywood, CANTOR made some remarks about HITLER and an indi-
vidual in the rear of the studio arose and left and was fol-
lowed by two persons, who are reported to have attacked him_ ~
after engaging in a verbal dispute outside the studio. There
was some talk of filing charges against the attackers, one of
whom was said to have been an individual on the program with
CANTOR.- Apparently the incident, as well as CANTOR'S remarks,
were very disgusting to the broadcasting company officials
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MEMORANDUM FDR THE DIRECIOR_ '
Inspector Foxworth called and furnished the following developments b7C
as told Mr. Foxworth that he has been shakendo en or,_ mamanab 4; d dollars by Morris Rosen; Oscar Moore,
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nothing further and that he is afraid ofevery _one.
Faye that Gracie Allen was just as guilty in the smugglingas George Burns; that in fact Gracie Allen jointly signed thechecks with Burns; and that Mary Livingston is thereal one involvedin the -Tack Benny case and that she had personally given hjewelry he was to bring over. George Burns, according todeducted from his income tax the amount he paid for the Jewelry. Alsothatwhen the "Customs officials re ded Burns and Allen's apartment,' certain narcotics were "found." as been informed by anindividual, presently in the Fa ra ou e of Detention from Alcatraz,that both Burns andgllen use narcotics and that this is the reason
Gracie wears long sleeves all the time. The individual claims he hasso1d"narcot:tc:s' to George and Gracie. A .
sales mentioned a well-known bondsman in theSout ern- istric't,'jand supposed to be a contact manof Assistant U; S. Attorney Z . He also st ' e had been toldthat "if he made I-certain "payments to mentioned inthe Manton c"as_e!_ ' tha ou1d care 0 s case for him.The - meme were not e had a falling-out with
also furnished Mr. Foxworth information conce e' -off matters thntgis supposed to have originatedbut which did not go throu . . Foxworth is to send the detailsof these to the Bureau. _
The recordsin the Director's _O'ffice R8.BPe0tT9211lY,'
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- There ought be a law compelling the publication in daily press of the right name of criminals. Jack Benny's name is not Jack Benny which is EnglishAmerican! also Burn's is the same. Benms name is 'Kubelsky. Burn's is Birnbaum. It 's outrageousto give to Foreign criminals Eng. American names anddisgrace us, looks like an_Iri-shman. With all Athe Irish Judges cops etc. I donlt doubt'b1rt, manyIrish crooks are recorded & published under AmericanHa-111930 -
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prosooutton of this or any othor individual. I dootro that
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felt that has all right and was successful. He claims to
have annroac ed on a nunher of occasions asking him why he
' sever his relations with the raclzeteersenri at thet_time
told him about beinp born on the lower beet Side of New-: iork
an saving known the racketeers all of his life for which reason
he could not "shake them".
-yhe information furnished bygdoes notin any way indicete a violation of any re eral statute. The violation,if any, would be of the State laws. It is noted that says
that a uetective of the New lork Uity kolice uepartmen Lu vestigatedthe matter and that he Qrequested that there be no grrosecution
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l have called the facts in this matter to the attention cf L-1r. John
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that l was doing so at your request.
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this information and as there is no itiriica-:i:.r1 of any rederal violation,
no further antic,-r. what ever is be"; ng taken by the new lork Vffice.
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Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of April5, 1939 instructing that I persona furnished to UnitedStates it
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I have taJJced with Hr. Cahill concerningthis matter and furnished him with the details supplied by92W1 ./ vas outlined in my letter to you of April E7 C_ , . so informed Hr. Cahill tha ad in factbeen furnished with an autographed photo you several
WCyears ago and that, of course, a large number of persons hadreceived such photographs at their request. Hr. Cahill statedthat from the facts which I had furnished there was no indic-ation whatever of a violation of any Federal Statute and I
particularly pointed out to him that you wanted to be surethat he thorou 1 understood that you had no interest what-ever in other than you would have 1n..the subjectof anyp »_ nvestigatiorn X:-. Cahill stated, to usehis eicaotiirords, "I wouldn't psiy any attention torthat atall. It amounts to absolutely nothing."»
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Enclosed find copy of letter sent to Liberty Magazine,.N.Y.
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Dear Sirs:
I expect that in a few moments this scrall will be relegated to the
waste basket. We I speak for the majority of my friends! feel that
Justice is not done with reference to the cases of Jack Benny &
Geo. Burns.
The Judges and Sponsors of these people must think, we gullible public will
stand for anything. To be sure we have let a great many similar cases
go by in the past. _I suppose primarily because we thought we could do
nothing about it, even now we do not know just how to proceed, but we
intend to try.
They the culprits would no doubt like us to forget it but myself and
friends think it is about time the general public began to take things
into their own hands.
We have a general manager in the person of J. Edgar Hoover who is
trying diligently to cut crime in this country, but whose hands and
efforts are tied, unless the people do their part. I and about 25 or 30 of
my friends can see very little difference between the acts of Benny and
Burns and those of Fatty Arbuckle except in the latter case his act
reacted against himself and the motion picture interests for which he
paid the penalty, while Burns and Benny committed a crime against the
Government and as we the people are the government, we are going to
do something about it.
We thought about chain letters throughout the country, kindly advise. In
the meantime our radios are turned against any program upon which they
appear. You are at liberty to publish this letter, but I have very little
hopes of it.
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some ' degree of fondness for
Adolf i Hitler, emerged today "as
the onlylindivldual winner ln divi-
mon pt the smuggling jackpot into
Whi¢h. _ Bl-_11'll-Zq--And .J_aekBenny._..screen'_ _ _ ';a'dio_ stars.have .ttn;nbled almost 3815.000, induties and'pena1t:l'e_'§5;~;f.1=- ?;;_. It was Rosa. who upset thei ap-plecart and broughta-_the.Z federal
menyon the run to open:-the smug-
gling probe which -involved Burns,
Benny-' and others and '=tod'ay she
atood to eolleet asmuch as'$5,000 the role of government in-forzmer. _ , _
§_The government pays tlpsters
who pass along .» infom_1a_tion~on
lmjugglens, 25' per c_ent- of" the
duties and penalties "collected , as
airesult of the tipahd while Rosa
héfsrt received he'r"s yet and no-
bqdy wants to talklabout it offi-
eiglly, she *-is an b-the-record
entry for a quarter -of the cash
handed over by the screen stars
and by Mrs. Elma -Lauer. -
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gkosa never suspected w_he_n_ gshejoined in the conversation at the
ho;ne,'o£ Mrs. Lauer, wife" of. a
Supreme Court justice, that she
wits," laying the groundwork_ for " a
fortune. g . _
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ful evening centered about Adolfl,1m~ rm/.l=.¢1."i-"M15911 l N aD¢1_811.-1 .-. 55 . e soup,-a _
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l ,Without_'a thought of in!ormer's,fees but" only burned to 'a_ wisp,
because of the incident at her.
employer's home, V Rosa dashed
1down'*'to the eustoms office and
identied Mrs. Lauer as a smug-
gler=-- Unfortunately for" Mr;
Lauer, she had been caught _smug-
gling previously and had paid asubstantial ne so the customs of-Q
cers, after taking - an aidavit]
from Rosa, went up-to xzhe justiceshouseto have a lookisee. , 1l g From Rosa's complaint and that;
jpreliminary investigation stemmed
the major smuggling probe which,
,be£ore ittendedwith the sentenc-
ing ot'_ Bums and Benny on guilty
pleas and1the;antI-climax sentene-
ing-of Mrs. Lauer and Chaperau'-
identied" as - S_hapiro-,invo1ved a
considerable -number of jnarnea;found more often in 1ight.s'than'
92-'on grand jury record.7.'?:?T?% lW V ""'a. " 1j _-_ Thursday, Apg_'il_ s,,1*e3s" .,-'7 "k- ll V - ».-.3. --I" .- ' I~ ~47 -. '~ T :i"."1.-:2 _.~-.1 ti' ' ' " ' -' 1'I.:iY-.1 1'-1';-J»?;",:.=:i~:~:¥;¬?3.&iE!s>:=i'.ar:*-
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j.:'pira_c_y which jnvolyed Jack Benny;and George Burns» will net her at|
ieja_st',$e,7i_4 11;. Unied States _Gov.-'
ernment rewiu-_d,' it -was disclosedtoday; '1;-~:;¢ J ' f _ -- **_'~f."_
"i _'I'he maid, employed in the house'=
hold of State Supreme Court Justice
Edgar J.£T._5uer, quit her job, vowing:
"reyenge,f' at the helghtvyot a dinner}
party at which the Lauers' guestsvoiced anti~Nazirema1'ks. ' ' .,-, '- » I
Ladies and gen_tlen_1en, ' the maid:
was quoted as-"tel_1ing_the Istairtledj
dinner guests, - I arh "a true Gerrnar_i;f
I love Adolr Hltler._',I!_ you'do'n't stop !
speaking agalnstihim, Ilwlll stop,serving the dinner right now.-' ' If
$h'_e went to -Government authori-
ties, with the result that customs
agents later raided the Leuer apart-
ment end afterwards arrested» Al-
Ibert N. Chaperau, eontessed . smug-
~gler, who bed been one of the
dinner iguests, thereby opening the
trail that led to Benny and Bums. Mrs. Lauer, Chaperauend the
two radio and screen comedians all
lpleaded guilty. Benny paid a $10,000
ilne__and Bums $3,909, _ ,In___addl_tion.
$8,816 worth of smuggled jewels
and clothing were conscated.I Under Treasury Department regu-
lations, the maid will be rewarded
-for her role of informer by 25 per{cent of the total nes and 25 pericen of the 100 per eent penalty
im sed On the smuggled articles
-o 25 per cent oi-the grand totalof 26,816. - "
I A ditional sums may be rth-
coming next Tuesday when Cl ape-
rauiand Mrs. Lauer are sche luled
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In Mr. Hoover's "absence from Washington, I
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Dear Sir:
_ e on us g ary ma re in '~' the office of the District Attorney of New York County. While 3dt recall the exact date of this ocmlrrence, he did at it was prior to the time that TROLL-LS kl. DEWEY tookoffice us District Attorney. »-es charged with gran}! larceny. » -
He states that s ase was investigated by a no ' officer by the name oi When he was arrested,
T!Claims that he felt g m over the fact that h 08-sibly be beaten up, and at that time talked to ip an Cendeavor to dissuade him fro ng any such ac , as areult of his talk with he claims that he paid to him the sum of $1,000 in cash mproper treatment from the police.was arrested-andmeleaaed on bond,for $7,500 to get e oas off thethe prosecution. or stated that at tCountywast b1c,1>'/P
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him, and for this reason refused to make any payments to unycne,
and the ctmrges were subaequmtly dimiseed.
e further related that as far as the request of A/92 for $7,500 was concerned, there. were two persons,se names he presently could not remember, operating 21 restau-rant at Llst Street and Bmadway,New York City, who could sub-
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The above infomatlon was secured franéduring 10-7c!an interview on another mutter, and is beixg sutmit/oed to you for ' V7your infomwxion, and no action is being taken thereon.
Very truly yours,
P. E. Fomaztm,
Inspector.
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