Imperial potentato Dana S. Williams di Maine accolti da J. Edgar Hoover, il capo del Dipartimento di Giustizia di presidenza di inchiesta come Shriners iniziano il loro Convegno nazionale. John Edgar Hoover (1 gennaio 1895 - 2 Maggio 1972) è stato il primo direttore
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Imperial Potentate Dana S. Williams of Maine greeted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation as the Shriners begin their national convention. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 - May 2, 1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation - predecessor to the FBI - in 1924, he was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972 at age 77. He is credited with building the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a number of modernizations to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Late in life and after his death Hoover became a controversial figure, as evidence of his secretive actions became known. His critics have accused him of exceeding the jurisdiction of the FBI. He used the FBI to harass political dissenters and activists, to amass secret files on political leaders, and to collect evidence using illegal methods. Hoover consequently amassed a great deal of power and was in a position to intimidate and threaten sitting Presidents. He was a devoted Freemason, being raised a Master Mason on November 9, 1920, in Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC, just two months before his 26th birthday. During his 52 years with the Masons, he received many medals, awards and decorations. He died in 1972, from a heart attack attributed to cardiovascular disease, at the age of 77. Photographed by Harris & Ewing, June 10, 1935.
