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Baum: have a copy to deposit in Bancroft Library. 



I was wondering if when you took over the office 

 the men who had been working under Sheriff Veale for 

 many years were immediately loyal to you, or if you 

 had any discipline problems. 



Miller: No, I let them all go — I never kept a single one. 



We went in cold. There was only one man that started 

 to work for me that had ever had one day of law en- 

 forcement experience. We learned from the bottom up. 

 I did have a radio man there who knew how to build a 

 radio, but had never built a police radio. I did 

 have men who were sensible. I went to my leader in each 

 town and said to get me a man, not to turn them over. 

 I didn't care whether he was Democrat or Republican, 

 black or white, I didn't care whether he was Catholic 

 or Protestant — get me an honest, honorable man in 

 your community. And I thus made an appointment in 

 every town, every major town, of one man, and they'd 

 had no experience in law enforcement. 



Baum! You weren't satisfied with the previous law enforce- 

 ment officers? 



Miller x In those days, to the victor belonged the spoils. 



