Alexander Holtzoff [SEP] occupation
Alexander Holtzoff
Alexander Holtzoff (November 7, 1886 – September 6, 1969) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Education and career.
Born in New York City, New York, Holtzoff received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Columbia University in 1908, a Master of Arts degree from the same institution in 1909, and a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1911. He was in private practice in New York City from 1911 to 1924, excepting
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hobbs was advised by Hoover aide Alexander Holtzoff, who called himself "Hobbs's brain trust." In 1941, at the behest of Hoover, Hobbs introduced a bill that would have legalized wiretapping by the FBI, or any other government agency, if it was suspected that a felony was occurring. The bill was supported by Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, and seemed likely to pass, until Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman James Lawrence Fly testified against the bill to