encies. This left a large hole in the ability of the federal government to have its own agency to conduct investigations for the purpose of enforcing federal statutes. It was for this reason that the Bureau of Investigation was created by Attorney General Bonaparte in 1908. It was promised to Congress that its actions would be limited to violations of antitrust and interstate commerce laws. It was brought under control of the Attorney General and thus under the Department of Justice. About the time of World War one Hoover found a job in civil service much like his farther had. In July of 1917 he began to work for the Department of Justice as a lowly clerk. It could be that Hoover's fear of physical harm and his extreme desire to always protect himself, led him to try and escape wartime service by joining the Department. At this time he was listed at the rank of major on reserve status. It could also be that Hoover was so emotionally bonded to his mother that he could never feel free to leave her for a long period of time. We do know that he stayed and cared for his mother all of her life in the same home where he was born and raised.Whatever reason Hoover chose not to fight in the War, this is where he became familiar with one of his life long obsessions. He was assigned to the war division of the Department and here worked with the military in preparing evidence for the deportation of "suspected and avowed anarchists." Hoover turned this job into his own crusade, surpassing the lazy patronage bureaucrats around him. He was able to out perform all others around him in making lists of "Russian-speaking immigrants, anarchists, pacifists, communists, and other deviants." It could be said that Hoover was from strong moral upbringing and his conservative political views allowed him to fit perfect into the times as a man who could lead a "backlash of the uptight" .Hoover was eventually promoted to position of attorney in the Department a...
