Evening star., 1927-11-22
PROPOSES D. c. BAN
ON DIPLOMA MILLS
Beard of Trade Also Urges
Law to Eliminate Profess
siona| Criminals.

Enactment Of m amendment 10 the
incorporation law Of the District which
would throw UP sturdy barrier
a1aiuSt the operation of diploma
,nil" schools ana colleges, which now
LEGALLY NAV he established here. ana
The passage of modified form OF Inc
EaumoS act designed To stamp out the
GapreG3tionS of professional CRIMINALS
N,pr. recommended by unanimous Not"
hv the Board of Trad" last niGht ~
- lrouta}v session at the W lIiard
Hot.
\ number of other measures drafted
with "a r:oW 10 placing more teeth
I'm tn. enforcement Of law here and 10
make po&~.hlo NOR" effective policing
uf tEc District were approved on rec
0mnruhatIon ny the committee of the
laoard uu public order. odcN :. Smith.
chairman.
This action hv the board followed an
address ny Mai Edwin Il. HeSse, su-
lorintcrdont nf police, who approved
lna' proposed laW. which would provide
lfe Imprisonment for tho fourth con.
Virtion Of > felony. and heavier pen
al'."S in al criminal cases. Mat
]fo.se declared he was absolutely in
fay"" ot any law that will put the fear
- God IN the hearts Of the criminals
tGat come to Washington.
Urges Quick and Decisive Action.
Mr.. Smith cited the need of quick
ana decisive action in suppressing
The growing number of cases of
NouschrcakinG. store rohbcres and
other serious crimes. lie declared
ihat heavier penalties and quicker
convictions in courts would go Il long
way in this direction.
An amendment to the proposed law
here was adopted on recommendation
of former Judge Daniel Thew Wright
which would provide that life i'm.
prisonment for fourth conviction he
limited only TO those fel0nies ''involv-
ing moral turpitudc" This Judge
Wright pointed out, would he neceS.
Snry in order to prevent the inclusion
Of felonies under the law which in
volyed no real criminal intent. He
cited the case of bONs conspiring to
violate fishing laws OF the District.
Need of Detectives Cited.
other recommendations adopted by
the board call for an increase OF l0n
in the number of detectives. and
would provide that 10 detective ser
geants he assigned as a cruising squad
for active duty between midnight and
6 am, and for an appropriation by
Congress for 10 passenger automobiles
for use by the Detective Bureau.
In supporting these recommends
tons. Mai. Hesse pointed out that at
present only 165 policemen can be on
active duty at one time, and that at
least so additional men are absolute
ly needed" In order to provide
enough men at each police precinct
at all hours of day or night to answer
emergency calls. Mr.. HesSe said. one
motor cycle policeman would have to
he assigned to each police station
house. Such provision. he said.
would eliminate complaints that police
are slow in responding to calls for
help.
The police superintendent said he
had no criticism to make of the courts
for delays in getting cases tried, but
declared that quick action was essen
tial as one means Of tightening up on
the operations of criminals here.
Courts Not Blamed.
"The courts are not at fault" said
Maj. Hesse. THE fault is ours. We
all should go to Congress to get addi-
ti0nal assistant district attorneys and
additional judges in order that these
agencies m3y be able to handle the
cases that are taken to court"
Maj. Hesse pointed to the "miser-
able guide situation" as another thing
needing attention here. He stated
that any person now can purchase
badge marked official guide" and
meet visitors at the Union Station.
show them about the Capitol and Bo-
tanic Gardens and then rob them"
for such service.
I'VE can't stop them now because
we have no law" he said.
Both Maj. Hesse and Mr. Smith
contended that there is no serious
''crime wave" here. Smith cited fig
ures showing that out of $1,000 ar
rests here last year 3 900 only We're
in the criminal class" while the vast
ma jOrity We're for liquor !aw and au-
tomobile regulation Violations
Carusi Hits diploma Mills"
Charles +. Carusi. president of the
Board of Education and chairman
Of the committee of the Board IF
Trade on private schools and uni
vcrsities, urged approval Of the pro-
posed bin which would require the
licensing Of all educational institu-
tons here by the Board Of Educa-
tion. as a means of preventing cstab-
ishment of diploma Milr' types OF
institutions which could confer fake
degrees. The Board of Education,
under this bill. would issue licenses 10
schools showing that it would he
bona fide resident institution. having
proper training courses for the con-
ferring of degrees and proper labor
atory facilities. Heavy penalties
would be provided for violation OF
tho law.
This bill, which originated in the
committee of the Washington Cham
her Of Commerce and which was
drafted with the advice of Miss Pearl
Mccall. assistant United States dis
triCt attorney. and other local Off
1ials, is to be presented TO Congress
at the coming session
Opfu-es $500 ,00O.0 900 Tax Cut.
The Board Of Trade last night also