New Britain herald., 1922-08-11
lynehing and mob violence.

lynehing and mob violence.
 Seventh, we find that more string ent laws limiting and controlling iin- migration should be enacted and en- forced,
 Eighth, we find that the bill now pending in the congress, increasing the number Of United States District judges and eonferrng powers upon the Chief Justice and senior circuit Judges to have supervision over the work of the courts and see that the dockets are kept clear. should be enacted,
 Ninth. no meritorioua case whether civil or criminal, that is cogniza ble In the courts of the country. ought 10 be denied the services Of an able, courteous and loyal advocate. And no man or woman, however humble, ought to be able 10 say In any Amer lean community that justice is too expensive for the poor. WeS there fore urge that in every community the members Of this association vol unteer to aid. without fee, the wor- thy poor who are being oppressed, defrauded or otherwise wronged, and who have not the means to employ counsel.
 Tenth first offenders must be seg- regated from veteran criminals. for the jails throughout the land today are breeding places for crime, and the young and thoughtless, who may often be reclaimed, are taught by professional criminals 10 scorn the restraints Of society; and in this con nection we may well consider the ex- tension Of psychopathic laboratories established as adjuncts to the crim- inal courts.''
 The committee also proposed the establishment under the control of the Department of Justice of a fed. eral bureau of criminal statistics.
 Reform Growing
 Citing the growing multiplicity of laws which he ascribed partly to the increasing complexlty of ad Nancing civilization" and In part to the attempt to raise the moral standard of society by legislation" he said the spirit of reform is alto gether encouraging" but there needs
 
 province of legislative and judicial action and a wider comprehension of the limitations of the law"
 There exists. and must always ex- st. he said, "the righteous author ty of the state. That is the sole source of the liberty of the individual. put 1t does not mean an inqusitive md of1icious intermeddling by at- empted government action in all the lffairs of the people. There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns"
 MT. Coolidge compared the trend for the better part of a century, turing which the early amendments we're all in diminuton of the power 'f the government and declaratory of tn enlarged sovereignty of the peo- Ole, and the government "in the direction" during "the past hirty years from the interstate com nerce act of the late eighties to the 'ecently enactedNmaternity aid Jaw
 This has not been accomplished without what is virtually a change in he form and actually a change in he process. of our government" he declared, adding that 1t had proceed | I'd 'on the theory that 1t would be or the public benefit to have govern nent, to a greater degree, the direct lction of the people," In this change | le said, some of the stabilzing safe guards" originally established have | been weakened' and the representa- i've element has been diminished and he democratic element has been in- reased, but it is still constitutional overnment."
 Tt Is not sufficient to secure leg ;lation' for promoting general re- orm of refecting "the raising of the eneral standard of human relation hip he continued, land leave it to 0 alone" "A renewed and enlarged etermination to secure the observ- nee and enforcement of the law, is equired, he declared. There can be no perfect control of ersonal conduct by national legisla- on," he added The people can ot divest themselves of their really reat burdens by undertaking to pro- de that they shall hereafter be orne by the government"