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They meet for the first time and they agree that efficiency and expertise should determine who could best work for the government and it shouldn't be determined upon political connections.
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The Progressive Era was approx. from 1900 to 1918, found that government intervention was necessary because in was necessary to produce justice in an industrial society. It pretty much ooked like experts in all phases of industry and government to produce that just society.
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The Progressive philosophy is that people are not picked to work for the government by political connects but by their hard work and expertise.
These corps of special agents didn't have a special name or run by anbody other then the general but they were the forerunners of the FBI. -
By 1907 the Department of Justice more frequently caled upon Secret Srvice and Bonaparte was mad because they reported to the chief of Secret Service and not himself. He was frustrated about this so he got Congress to provide a impetus for himself to have his own force. So in May the impetus enacted law preventing the Department of Justice from engaging Seret Service operatives.
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This action is celebrated as the beginning of the FBI.
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They recommened that the force of 34 agents become a permanent part of the Department of Justice.
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At that time, the name of the Chief Examiner was changed to Chief of the Bureau of Investigation.
