The Washington times., 1929-07-16
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manufacture and shipment in inter.
state commerce. OF intoxicants, the
State undertaking the internal
police regulations to prevent sale.
saloons, speakeasies, etc. the ma
tional ana state laws might be
modified 80 as TO become reason.
ably enforceable and the one great
source OF demoraIizing and pecu.
niariIy profitable crime removed.
Sworn TO Duty
Every state executive has sworn
to support and defend the Constitu-
ton Of the United States. The
Eighteenth Amendment II part OF
the Constitution just as much ~
any other part OF 1t. Surely II Is
pertinent to this conference to
suggest and consider how they
may best accomplish this solemn
Undertaking
The .three-day conference Of the
governors was formally called to
order this morning with Gov. John
TrumbulI Of Connecticut delivering
the address Of welcome. Gov.
George III. Dern Of Utah presided.
Twenty governors from all parts of
the country were present
Gov. Henry 8. CauIfieid OF Mis-
souri,. making response to the adj
dress OF welcome. declared Connects.
out was living up right royalty
to the ideal of q host. He praised
the treatment accorded visiting gov.
ernors and the plans for their
entertainment
Gov. Charles w. Tobey Of New
Hampshire remarked that the
American flag was conspicuous by
Il was ordered q flag to be OBJ.
tained and placed in the conferences
room.
Much Drivel Written
Governor Dern, Utah. then ad.
dressed the conference
There probably Is moro drivel
being written about crime today
than about any other subject" he
said. The burden OF the song is
that more severe punishment will
put an end to crime.
"The nonsense of that argument
Is apparent when we discover that
only / out of 80 persons who COM
NIT crime Is convicted. and usually
that one belongs to the feeble
minded and so-called cheap crooks.
The big crooks get away and are not
affected by the harsh treatment
meted out to those who are caught.
THE way to decrease crime In to
make certain that the perpetrators
will be caught and punished.
This Is often an interstate oper-
alton and the ease with which Of
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Jurisdiction to another makes their
apprehension difficult.
We have no Scotland Yard with
nationwide authority TO follow a
criminal wherever, he may 80, and
hence It often requires the success
sive efforts Of officers OF several
States before d capture il effected.
If we would make capture and pun
ishment swift and sure there must
be willing and wholehearted cooper.
alton among the States.
Strong for Experiment
The United States, he declared.
goes in strongly for mobile expert.
ments."
He said 1t is felt that law, once
pHEdSGA ana EGCVEASA-4 uGNGkOpGO
some mystical power Of enforcing
itself automatically.
''As IL 1t were not formula but
a dynamo" He said he need not
repeat the platitude that disregard
for one law tends to undermine re-
spect for all laws. or that we
cheaper law itself and the whole
principle OF self-government by en-
acting legislation that public opinion
viii, not sanction"
Governor Roosevelt followed Gov
ernor Dern to the speakers stand.
I'VE are now faced with new ald
alarming problems in criminal activi.
ties," said Governor Roosevelt.
Sees Public Aroused
"T am certain the public Is
aroused to the necessity OF suppress
sing the outrageous and open law
lessness evident by the murders
committed daily in the public streets
of our great cities, or private feuds
between gunmen which flourish
with less punishment than in the
darkest of Sicily"
Roosevelt declared there is no sys.
tenn for the collection of crime
statistics in the United States and
that this il a very vital matter IL
crime Is to be combatted in q
scientific and businesslike manner.
He declared the country has no