Wing Chong Tai Co. GENERAL MERCHANT ve Phone 42 Ashcroft, B.C. ASHCROFT BAKERY W. A. Blacklock and A. Dingley Quality Bread and Cakes ASHCROFT B.C. Telephone 69-R-2 P.O. Box 2235 CARIBOO GARAGE Reo Trucks - Standard Vanguard Cars Gas, Oil and General Repairs Welding Service ASHCROFT B.C. P.O. Box 20 Telephone 12 Ashcroft Meat Market Fresh and Cured Meats — TOURIST SUPPLIES ASHCROFT Jewellery GUARANTEED WATCH AND JEWELLERY REPAIRS M. B. JARVIS ASHCROFT, B.C. Lillooet Cartage Co. Ltd. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION Lillooet Garage IMPERIAL OIL AGENTS LILLOOET Lillooet-Lytton Stages Lillooet Box Shook & Builders’ Supplies Ltd. A. M. Wickwire, Manager BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER OF ALL KINDS CABINET MAKING STORE FIXTURES Phone 27 LILLOOET British Columbia Page Eighty team work between United States and Canadian police, I feel that there should be ‘‘clearing houses’’ for in- formation on the operations of indi- vidual criminals. This type of ‘‘clear- ing’ could also include such matters as modus operandi of known criminal elements, and perhaps also deal with frauds and tricks or ““‘bunco games’ which are now so prevalent. Ways and means of ‘‘following up” crim- inals and their operations could be devised, and precautions taken to set up preventive methods. The “‘Better Business Bureaus’ of the United States and Canada, have set up a very good example of exchange of inform- ation which we could do well to fol- low. Of course we do have a measure of ‘clearing’ information through Federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigat‘on and _ the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. However I feel that clearing informa- tion on a federal level is too restrict- ive, and could not possibly cover all the purely local issues which we en- counter. Our two countries cover a vast area ,and our combined popu- lations of upwards of 150,000,000 people presents problems not within the ambit of federal jurisdiction. However in the matter of Central Criminal Identification records, the National basis is the only sound method, and one can have nothing but the highest praise for the Wash- ington and Ottawa Fingerprint Bu- reaus. We have had the most liberal assistance both from the R.C.M.P. Fingerprint Section and from _ the F.B.I. in tracing criminal records with speed and efficiency. The “area” or regional “‘clearing house’ would take care of the co!- lection of information, collating of facts, and then the dissemination of material to the points where it would be of the greatest advantage. As I have previously indicated, subversive groups know no boundary, and fre- quently take refuge in one country to operate in another. Sometimes, to shield themselves from suspicion, they will engage in lawful enterprises and take no active part in local subversive activity, but will confine their entire efort to the neighboring country. In cases such as these, the regional clear- ing house would accomplish a great deal by uncovering such agents through interchange of information. Need I say that there can never be too many eyes focussed on the crim- inal or foreign agent. CLEARING HOUSE OF INFORMATION Another task which could be per- formed by the clearing house, would be to disseminate on an international basis, with respect to scientific de- velopment in the law enforcement field, new techniques in the detection MARK DUMOND HARDWARE McCormick-Deering Farm Implements CHEVROLET CARS and TRUCKS Ww ASHCROFT, B.C. HARVEY - BAILEY COMPANY ASHCROFT, B.C. Established 1886 Importers and Dealers in Drygoods. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes Groceries, Stoves, Hardware, etc. ASHCROFT B.C, "Gateway to the Great North Country” GATEWAY HOTELS LTD. Established 1883 Owned and Operated by Oscar Durieux and Conrad Olafson Headquarters for COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS TOURISTS AND MINERS Fully Licensed Rooms With Running Hot and Cold Water ASHCROFT B.C. WM. THOMSON HARDWARE FISHING SUPPLIES ENGLISH CHINA HOPE B.C. BRETT'S (HOPE) LTD. GENERAL MOTORS DEALERS Automotive Repairs Wrecking and Towing Service Phone Day 741 Phone Nite 817 HOPE, B.C. HAZLETT’S GARAGE Shell Service AUTO REPAIRS Goodrich Tires — Welding Phone 236 HOPE, B.C. COOKE DRUG CO H. C. COOKE, Phm.B. DRUGGIST and CHEMIST Phone 191 HOPE, B.C. Box 29 You Can Buy Your Copy of “THE SHOULDER STRAP” from Us THE SHOULDER STRAP