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This file concerns the FBI's 'FURDRESS' antitrust investigation of racketeers Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter, also known as 'Gurrah' and 'Lepke.' The released material includes a 1937 FBI background memorandum prepared for publicity and law-enforcement circulation, describing their alleged control of rackets in the fur dressing, garment, flour, and trucking industries. It also contains 1939 field-office correspondence from New York, New Orleans, Buffalo, and El Paso regarding fugitive leads, fingerprint comparisons, mail covers, and investigative follow-up. The records describe federal indictments arising from interference with interstate commerce and efforts to locate the two men after they failed to appear for court proceedings.

FBI file number: 60-59 | Documents span: 1937-1939 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Jacob Shapiro, Louis Buchalter, J. Edgar Hoover, Homer S. Cummings, Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, Adam Richetti, Verne Miller, Edward George Bremer
Subjects: organized crime, labor racketeering, antitrust laws, fugitives, fur dressing industry, FBI investigation