Evening star., 1915-02-21
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s,
Agency Issues New Book
on Vice and Control.
INTEGRITY IS UNIFORM,
R. B. FOSDYCK SAYS
Former New York Official Contrasts
Conditions Abroad With
Those at Home.

NEW YORK. FEBRUARY Ca STUDY
OF police problems in European cities
under the auspices of the bureau OF
social hygiene, of which John ID
Rockefeller. jr.. is chairman. was is
sued here today in book FORM unoer
the title European Police systems
1t is the third of a series issued by
the bureau. a fourth volume, now In
progress of preparation. will treat OF
police systems In America
The bureau of social hygiene. in an
nouncing the publication of the pres
ent work. stated that while the bureau
Is concerned with the problem of COM
mercialized vice. it was felt that IN
telligent suggestions concerning tnls
problem could not be made without
thorough understanding of the Euro
Iean and the American police systems.
In collecting the data upon which
the book is based. Raymond B. Fos-
dyck former commissioner OF ac-
counts of the city of New rk.>vistted
twenty-one European cities and de-
voted nearly two years to personal In
quiry into the subject. The most strik-
ing fact disclosed by his studies. from
an American standpoint. the bureaus
announcement says. is the uniform in
tegrity of European policemen. Cen
eral corruption and favoritism, it Is
stated. are absolutely unknown.
Different Moral Viewpoint.
Summarizing the reasons for this in
tegrity and for the efficiency of the
European police departments as a
whole, the writer states:
First. the police are not called upon
10 compel conformity to moral stand
ards which do not meet with general
public approval. They are not asked to
enforce laws which from the stand
point of accepted public habit or taste
are fundamentally unenforcable.
Second. control is centered where
responsibility can be definitely fixed
in a single official. This official, thor
oughly trained for his work and chosen
with painstaking deliberation. is
clothed with independent authority
Secure in his position and free from
external interference. he enjoys the
widest powers in dealing with his sub
ordinates
Finally. the rank and file of the
European police forces are selected and
trained with the same care and atten-
tiOn shown in the case of their su-
perior officers.
Indeed, in all ranks the character of
the personnel is the essential constant
factor of efficiency. On this and on
no other basis is it possible to secure
an effective organization
System in England.
Contrasting the British and the con-
tinental police. the writer says:
In England the police are civil en-
ployes whose primary duty is the pres
ervation of public security. On the con-
tinent, and particularly in Germany
and Austria, the police forces is the
right arm Of the ruling classes. re-
sponsible to the crown or the higher
authorities rather than to the people"
The English constables, he says, are
chosen from private life. whereas the
continental police must first serve In
the army. Where the police force ia
recruited from former army men. tho
writer says, "a certain degree of in
difference to the general public tends
to develop
The average maximum wage of Eu
ropean policemen, II is stated is only
S4o4 year.