In re the Interception of Telephone Communications of Anonymous

Application is made to me for an order permitting the interception of telephone communications over a line specified in the proposed order submitted for my signature. The purpose of the requested interception as stated in the papers in support of the application is to secure evidence of the commission of the crime of book-making. The application now made follows the general pattern of like applications heretofore made to me, which also, in the main, had as their objective the detection of gambling in some form. Though I have in the past signed such orders, I have done so with much misgiving.…