The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-05
LITTLE ROCK HAS
 A BIG CONTRACT
As Result of Report of Vice Com mission May Undertake the Suppression of the
 Social Evil.
By Clio Harper.

mas been stirred from center to cir conference by the report of the Vlce commission which was ap- pointed over year ago by Mayor Taylor to investigate the social evil and suggest means for its remedy. That commission was composed of 2l members, representing all creeds and lines of business, and their re- port is most exhaustive review of the situation from all angels.
 In a word, the commission has recommended suppression of the houses of z il resort i'll the city within 90 days from this date. That much time is given the inmates of the resorts to seek other employ ment or location where they may make an honest living. Mayor Fay Tor and his police committee, con- Sisting of Aldermen C. E. Cunning ham, c. E. Smith and Clio Harper, with the chief of police and Police Judge lsgrig, have announced their intention of doing their utmost to enforce the recommendations of the commission, which were unani- nous. All realize that they have a big job on their hands, but they have expressed their belief in pub lie interviews that will be able to lessen the evil, if not suppress it, in the city of Little Rock.
 It is probable that before the campaign, which starts today, is finished, the names of many promi- nent business men, some of whom are even members of the church or officers in the church. will be brought out as owners of property that is rented knowingly for i'm moral purposes.
 One of the striking impressions from the report of the commission, which fills a whole page in a daily paper and is to be published in pamphlet form for general distri- button, is the following:
 If the people of Little Rock be- lieve that the social evil is an in proposition, then they should legaIize it. They cannot, without something like hypocrisy, both the law and it's non- 
 Recommendations Made.
 The recommendation made by the commission, which the city has to enforce, are briefly as follows:
 That a department be created by the mayor, whose duty it shall be to rid the city of the social evil, and that such department be made re- sponsible for failures to enforce the pertaining thereto.
 That three police officers, one of whom shall be woman, be assign ed especially to the work of en- forcing all city ordinances against the social evil, and that il be made the duty of such officers to observe young people on the streets, to re- port misconduct to their parents or guardians, and, if necessary, arrest them.
 That the policy of the city's ad- touching the social evil emanate from the mayor, and that he issue such orders as will prevent grafting by any official or other persons in obtaining money from men and women leading im- moral lives.
 That all houses of ill-fame in Lit tie Rock be closed not later than three months after publication of this report, and that in the mean time ordinances against music and other forms of attraction, and against the sale of beer and other intoXicants in such houses, be en- forced.
 That the inmates and keepers of such resorts be given to understand that they cannot be protected by any outside influences, and that money paid for such purposes will not exempt them from the pay ment of fines.
 That every effort be made to dis cover and close immediately all places where persons meet by ap- pointment for immoral purposes, and that where inmates are fined the owner of the property shall al- so be fined in the highest amount provided by law.
 That all public parks be better lighted.
 That hotels, boarding houses and rental agencies be asked to CO., operate with the city officials in eliminating the social evil from their places, and if the morality ordinance be violated the proprie- tors shall be prosecuted.
 That when arrests are made, no forfeitures be taken, and upon con- viclion the highest fines provided by law be assessed.
 That the thinking men and wom- en of the city give their loyal sup port to the mayor and police and police court in the policy as out lined-the only policy, the commjs- sion believes, that is consistent with the intelligence, the virtue and the health of the community.
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