South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-12
AUGUST Y. 1919.
AND THE BOARD OF SAFETY AGAIN
TURNS OFF THE LIGHT.

Evidently Mayor Carson is waking up at least
MS suggestion TO the board Of safety at the
clusion OF The Lovgren hearing Monday night might
be taken indicating his belief that there have
been too many secret sessions and performances
put on by the board of safety probably responsible
for the rotten conditions of he police department,
and that it Is time to turn the light.
Accordingly he advised that the press be per-
rnitted 10 remain and give to the public the trend
Of the boards deliberations in dsposng Of the
Lovgren charges; but 10, the board would not have
it.
Il am not in favor OF that" said Louis J. Smith
president Of the board Il dent propose have
present representatives or newspapers which inten
tionally deliberately. and maliciousy misrepresent
Us and lie about us course they viii do that any
way. hut I going to give them handle on
which hans anything me. The press can he
excused"
Incident to whian. permit to remind the mayor
that he didn't inherit" Prest Smith and
mind Or. Smith that in all probability when the
press gets ready to hang something onto him there
will plenty OF it,, from sundry outside 1ndica-
tions. without depending upon the deliberations OF
the board of safety anything that they would
be likely to say In open session
Anything that might have been said. done.
at the conclusion of the Lovgren hearing could at
us worst only have been conirmatory The public
already knows that the president Of the board for
a long time rented certain of his property for a
gambling joint that he placed the board,
very apparently the special representative OF the
gambling interests to see TO it that they were not
cheated their collection OF the Carson machines
campaign promises that were made them.
For Dr. smith to talk about hanging anything
onto him, any possibility of considerable
Misrepresentation or Justification of the boards
Gin is
well settled with the public. and this without call
ing for comment that Mayor Carson will never be
able to "clean up the town or give city any
hing like an efficient police force. until ne gets
rid OF the ranking heads" who are responsible for
the dirt and nefRciency. and that in that he will
have to begin away at the top which means not
Chief Kline first but Dr. Louis J. Smith
chief Kline is a mere stool-piseon. and that is all
ne IS RE is exactly what the hoard Of safety has
made him. When member The board expressed
the opinion recently that the chief is without
brains he gave the reason for his appointment
Neither does an the responsibility for his stool
pigeonshp belong TO Asst Chief Cassidy. The sys
tenn invente6 nos by Cassidy. bst by the board
OF safety. with Pres't Louis Smith the directing
head. Oh yes. il quite proper that ne should per
nit nothne TO happen that would open the way
directly hanging anything onto him. Behind closed
doors II he wished TO remark that regardless OF
Lovgren go to protect Tony" Barrett why he could
say it-and would be perfectly for the board
depend upon its liok-spttle clerk 70 protect il.
shutting the light off from the deliberations Of
the board in the Lovgren matter is of the same
type or order emauated from the board the
night OF April 18th, when tho lights were ordered
turned the vicinity of the booze pen. and in
the car barns, the night that the three suitcases
OF liquor removed from the former 10 the
latter. OF them being carried away by Barn
hart. Koczorowski and Miller and the other two,
according 20 Lovgren by Tony Barrett
or course. the preteuse was one FOR economy but
that the board safety always economies
on light, never on darkness Why did the board AT
the E-ovgren hearing carefully avoid discussion.
pushing the issue raised by rhe accused with
reference bonded liquor: some of it never get
ting 20 the buI-pen OF it ever being destroyed
vet all Of it beins gone There was some 200
quarts in on installment and how about tire eight
cases OF taken TO chief Kline's ONCE. that has
never been seen since
Huh IL would De weu-nigh impossible mis-
represent or lie about he police. board Of safety
II effort were made TO get at the truth