This Is Your FBI: The Backstage Shakedown

The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents This is your FBI This is your FBI the official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Presented transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society Representative in your community The Equitable Life Assurance Society has nearly 8,000 trained representatives from coast to coast serving over four million members

Tonight, an equitable society representative has a brief but important message on Social Security. Undoubtedly, you've heard about the new Social Security Law. Millions of self-employed businessmen, salesmen, and others are now included for the first time, and those already covered have had their benefits greatly increased.

To whichever group you belong, can you think of a better time to look into your family's changed financial position and see just where you stand? To make this a simple job, the Equitable Society has revised its famous fact-finding chart for fathers and mothers.

Mr. Keating will tell you all about it in just 14 minutes. Don't miss this important message from the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Tonight, FBI file number 292. Its subject? Extortion. Its title? The backstage shakedown.

With the possible exception of the wanton killer, no criminal is more ruthless than the extortioner, in his arsenal lie many weapons. But perhaps the most potent is fear. Fear on the part of the victim that non-payment will mean exposure may even mean the destruction of a lifetime's work. Despite that, no criminal is more vulnerable, for his defeat is assured

when the victim, instead of crumbling, fights back. Different crimes are fought in different ways, but there is only one way to fight the extortioner. Upon the first approach, notify your local police. They form your first line of defense against crime.