The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-26
Oh Listen, Jones and
Smith and Brown, To Why
We're Not a SpOtless Town

announced thdI ne NVulu NA<A-+A-f ~
DETROIT UNDERWORLD and
DRIVE VICE FROM THE CITY, he
meant what De said, of course
No one viii question the commission
er's good intentions mo one who knows
the commissioner would THINK of ques-
tioning his good purposes.
Police Commissioner Couzcns tried TO
rid Detroit Of its I-NDESlRABLES and
provide for an of Us a BETTER CITY
TO LIVE n
But he failed
He failed in spite Of the fact that as
police commissioner of Detroit he IS ab-
solutely untrammelled.
He took office with mo political ohl-
cations to meet. The Times realizes that
he never could have been induced 20 take
the Office with political strings tied to
him.
He does not need the salary and needs
to fear no man nor set Of men III the
discharge Of his obligations
When Commissioner Couzeu> said ~
would DRIVE VICE FROM DETROIT
The Times knew that be meant what he
said and that he intended to follow up e
words with deeds, which he did TO- bat he
failed in the attempt and the underworld
KEPT RIGHT on and VICE C0NTlN-
UED TO THRIVE.
Mr.. Couzens is a manufacturer active
" and prominently identified from ITS
start with the biggest manufacturing
success in the history of the world. Mr.
Couzens is a maker of automobiles.
When his manufacturing plant falls be-
low the point of efficiency aimed for IN
its organization. Mr.. Couzens knows that
something is wrong somewhere with
some part.
If a machine he has made does not
meet the claims that have been made for
it, he knows that the machine has not
been put together properly-that there
is weak spot that some part is not
coming up to what is expected of it.
The police commissioner Of Detroit has .
the met and the means and the power TO (
PUT THE UNDERWORLD OUT OF /
BUSINESS IN A NIGHT IF HE (
WANTS TO, AND COMMISSIONER (
COUZENS WANTED TO AND STILL /
WANTS TO. That is conceded every
where in this editorial.
But he has failed, despite enough men
the means and the authority.
He has failed despite the free hand .
he holds.
He has failed despite the fact that he
has nobody to fear politically
He has failed despite a marked genius
for organization
He has failed despite his expert know
ledge of efficiency.
And the only way possible to explain
his failure is by the conclusion that a
part or parts, somewhere, were not work
ing with the rest Of the machine.
Prosecuting Attorney Jasnowsh is Of
the opinion that the clutch of Commits
sioner Couzens' otherwise perfectly run
ming machine has been slipping
That is to say, that somebody at po-
lice headquarters has been tipping off the
underworld to the police commissioners
plans-the underworld had nothing TO
fear from the police if it knew the police
were coming.
Prosecuting Attorney JasnowsM SAYS
the telephone operator at police head
quarters was one Of two imperfect parts
in the machine He has had both parts
arrested and claims he will prove the de-
fects of the police commissioner ma
chine before the grand jury.
The prosecuting attorney was DESTROYS
of having one Of the two policemen he
has had arrested, kept in jail demanding
and having had fixed by the court a sum
of bail which this officer had been unable
10 secure.
The prosecutor has been working by a
set Of plans, the same as an automobile
is built by set OF plans, his object being
to do what Police Commissioner Couzens
wants done-to CLEAN UP THE IN
DERWORLD and DRIVE VICE FROM
DETROIT.
Police Commissioner Couzens has Up
SET THE PROSECUTORS PLANS EN-