Written but not typed
8/7/21
Mr. Oscar Elsas, President
Report on Operator 259 as requested
I have come to the conclusion that 
this man is undesirable for the work 
we have engaged him for.  
He was highly reccommended by 
#53 and came to us on his supposed 
information that secret meetings were 
being held in the old Picture Show 
Building.  He has never proved this to 
be a reality and indeed some of his 
reports are useless chatter often 
repeated on which his information 
is so bad and at times contradictory 
no reliance can be placed on them.  
Futher on the 28th [...] he went 
to #53's office and had me telephoned
for and when I met him and his 
district manager, they both pressed 
me to let him work from Boulevard 
Pharmacy, where he considered he 
could get better information.  I told 
him that he could not be allowed to do this without authority or
instructions.   I am afraid also that he is 
indiscreet and if not already uncover-
ed through his over talkativeness, will 
not be long until he succeeds in this.  
Please see Mr. Florence on this as I think 
he told Mr. F. what his work was.  
We cannot do anything on 
Decatur or Carroll streets because 
the bootleggers operating there are 
and always have been protected by 
the police.  
His reports on familiarly by 
Adams [...], Hopper, Durham Hull and others
cannot be admitted after me after I 
have spent a deal of time and care 
trying to prove or disprove them.  
I am certain he has both a 
vindictive and foul mind and on 
that account is undesirable.  
I recommend that his 
services be discontinued.  
The purpose for which he was 
engaged principally was to uncover 
union sympathies, sympathisers 
and projected union activities, 
but not one case of a reliable or 
possible nature has been 
found by him.  
#53, I am certain , is endeavor-
ing to create work for this man 
and others, which of course, is in the 
interest of his own business.
It is quite different in the case of 
#251 whose reports are generally 
accurate and seldom overdrawn, 
while his methods are indeed quiet, 
secret and affective.

[signed AJM]