New-York tribune., 1922-05-01
Two National
Drives to End
Crime Begun

'Cons'rusd from pass en>
i" t"e nation, shall be at the service
Of al governmental agencies.
jHo executive committee. wn;ch IN
c,aaes Tnonas W. lamont. nelos w.
Cooke. Wil..ar, t. recE. David T. War
IN. lreoc!:cS II. Ecker. L.. F. Lorce,
Charles l.. Bernhc!".cr. Fredcr:c,: ),
!:'smsa. William McCarroll. Darwin y.
;A;EEs!eE. j. Pierpont Morgan. William
Outcrbvidec. Alfred f. Mariiny. vii.
Lam G. Wilcox. John B. Trevor and
Howard c. Srlith emphasizes the need
Q: making The proposed organization
.or the proper enforcement of the
criminal laws !. dependent OF all exist
;,S orna:i cations.
IL 'hc resolution L "a specified that
q" rev oIra1:zat!on st:all have no
";:.'.a. correction with any Of the ex-
ne city.
Tnc report. in part, follows:
New York City is suffering from
conditions :iat have existed for some
:.:ne in nea,,y all cor siderable munich
pailties Of the country, conditions that
are not unknown in state governments
AID are rot absent from the Federal
machinery in Washington.
Citizens Must Take a Hand
"Cnder plan which is representa-
tl*o substantially all :hc way ur va
tam over to our chosen Representa-
tvos the task Of ;nietcrine :he
pIblic business - in nunicipalit,e=.
rourties, states and in the nation, pa:
ou' taAcs and then 90 about our bus.-
MeSs, assuming that we have donc our
full duty. We are beginning to realize
ttat while i: is too much to say that
the representative system has broken
down, it is not too much to say that at
least in the enforcement Of criminal
law it is not funct!oning we'll. There
remains something moro for citizen.
t> do.
The executive committee has re-
viewed, Of necessity somewhat hur-
r;ed!y, worl: that he's been done in Chi.
cego. Cleveland and Detroit, where con-
. d't'ons some time ago became possibly
even worse tnun they are in New York
nov.
IN Cleveland al exhaustive surrey
OF the administration of criminal ius-
tlce was made BY the Cleveland Foun-
datioH under the direction of a group
Gi men. all of whom were outsiders.
| ms group included Raymond Fosdick,
Oean Roscoe Pound, Of the Harvard
Ia" school. and other distinguished
and lmpartia! men.
blowing, that survey what is
xno"n a. the Cleveland Association
1of criminal Justice was organized
ana ana Wat association has been giving
~ "''e:t'on 10 The subject OF TIC ad-
n. ~ '':'t tration Of criminal Justice in
'e:e.aAG within recent months.
lind Execution at Fault
~ ,'ioaso n" such extensive pre-
I'M Tar" tIfvoy wea made. Curiouslv
eHoug1. they instituted in CHICAGO ni
3 !!oEs AZ c'.cc a SYSTEM which Cleveland
erred at oni" after the survey had
bee" made. The striking thing about
snH programs adopted In these two
c'''cS is their general similarity. In
hc:,"e: hf:. case did the? go out "head
r"H''N2 n neither case did they seek
; ,"Fc may ro!'cemcn were corrupt.
a''h 'hst ti'lr Judges were sometimes
"o'h .ncor'pctent and corrupt: in
'...''.r: c.: lave they ,ked for the
":o: c"'.'" q an: public Official nor
''f = :: r'"ovi'.. Bc:h cities proceeded
;c"r: "a ;r"ir probicn was
- sax" 'Histi!e Hachincly function;
tH.' ser: 20 haHc assumed that the
:. las all right, but that it's
',otit.oi' vas at fault. They have in
erect supplied. in the administration
OF CRIMINAL justice. AL executive, which
or c"ur'e tie structure Of municipal
eo:eInm"lt supplies. in theory.
IN C'lcago. for example. after some
nTehri nary study they decided that
the group Of men that was to have the
mater II charge should not be sub
co"amlttec or committee of any Of
"%'s;irg civic organizations, but an
|",.f'iy separate body. they follow
':"F. r's" from TIC moment q crime
l'":i'''. ana man arrested until
y" eaS" - disposed o.. Their WORK
S. 4""0Nstrated Tic fact that the
- a speedy trial. He knows the value
OF >oetay Men forget. witnesses dis
aEpesr' witnesses are persuaded to
TESTIFY IN the criminals interest. the
potit;s!aT. has time 10 gather his forces,
II "1iv time enough can be secured
I. IS luS; az true in the administration
o; CT minal Law as it is in civil law,
nat justice deferred is justice denied
The effect produced on the morale
& tire Official staff Of these cities and
or the police particularly by this pro-
gram has been something alr4ost start.
l.ng.
Check Perricious Practices
Some Of the reprehensib!e practices
wh:c?, :hcsc organizations have tended
to check are:
"The release or bail Of dangerous
criminals other than first offenders
which leaves them at large from six
months to two years, during which time
many Of them commit other felonies
and. strange to say, are rcadmittcd to
bail.
1.-THE pernieious practice Of suspend