J. Edgar: The Most Powerful Man in the World Page #3

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Yes. Of course. You have my word.

I'm not interested in getting married.

My work comes first.

Hmm.

Then perhaps you would consider

a position as my personal secretary.

Yes.

Shall we?

The book.

Right.

After you.

I helped organize that library

just as I did this Bureau.

And many said we didn't need either.

You see, innovators

aren't often celebrated.

Not at first.

Miss Gandy.

The nitwit Kennedy child

rang his baby buzzer again.

Perhaps he'd like a fresh diaper.

Should I find out what

the Attorney General needs?

No, I want the completed transcripts

of the Los Angeles recordings.

When I receive those,

then we'll answer his buzzer.

Very good.

Edgar, Agent Smith is back.

He, uh, has some questions

about the Palmer Raids.

Should I tell him to go?

Helen, do you like him?

I don't have an opinion of him yet.

Hmm.

Well, I like him. I trust him.

- I'll set him up in your outer office.

- No. No, no, no.

Bring him a desk in here.

But in 1920,

how could I protect us from anyone?

Before I moved to this office,

we were powerless.

We had few federal laws,

no right to carry firearms...

and Congress liked it that way.

Criminals ran free, but there was no law

against keeping track of them...

so I made a decision on my own.

I compiled note cards

and over five thousand names...

and called the one department

in Washington...

that still held a small piece

of untested power.

Was that the Department of Labor?

The power to deport, sir?

But only to deport those

who checked two boxes.

They had to be foreign citizens and they

had to be working to harm our country.

And they cooperated with you?

Of course not.

No one freely shares power

in Washington, D.C., Agent Smith.

There is no law

under which you can issue a warrant...

for the arrest of an alien...

when I have certified that

he is subject to deportation?

Without any evidence,

Mr. Attorney General, no.

- There exists a due process of law.

- Due process of law?

- What about the threat?

- There might be a threat...

Might be?

Fine. There is a threat to our country.

But with no proof of a crime,

there's no cause for deportation.

We'll see about that.

You'll be hearing from me.

But one of their heads was a Mr. Caminetti.

He was weary of our Justice Department,

but he hated one person even more.

I am a revolutionist by nature...

and as such...

I claim the right to rebel

and resist invasion...

by all means, force included.

Emma Goldman. She was the hero

of the radical movement.

If I could hand Caminetti Emma Goldman,

he would deport her without a thought.

But she was a citizen.

Would you like to stop, sir?

No.

I know it's hard for you to imagine today,

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