President Roosevelt signs the 1934 crime bill into law. Looking on from left: Attorney General Homer Cummings; J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Division of Investigation; unidentified; Assistant Attorney General Joseph Keenan. (Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

President Roosevelt signs the 1934 crime bill into law. Looking on from left: Attorney General Homer Cummings; J. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Division of Investigation; unidentified; Assistant Attorney General Joseph Keenan. (Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo