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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 475, 3 October 1928, Page 12

“SPIES ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY” SAYS GENERAL LINCOLN C. ANDREWS The public cannot be expected to respect any law that depends on deception to attempt enforcement. General Lincoln C. Andrews, late Controller of Prohibition in America, wrote as follows to the United States Senate, following sensational disclosures that the Federal Government employed so-called “Under Cover Men” in its attempt to enforce prohibition. The letter states: “The country is faced with numerous, vast and continuing conspiracies. It musts recognise that the violations are nation-wide and almost numberless. The Federal Government, to meet this condition, must concentrate its efforts upon large, well-organised illegal operations. Dry agents known to the criminal element could never hope to defeat the unknown, intelligent, and unscrupulous men whose operations are necessarily enshrouded in darkness. It is similar to war. It is necessary that agents be employed who are qualified and do act as spies. No one likes the idea, but it is an essential here as in war. Secret Service methods and Under Cover Men are absolutely necessary if the prohibition law is to be enforced.” Keep the spy system out of New Zealand.—Advt.