Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-11
TEXT OF LAW REPORT.
Inadequate Machinery Found Hamper Working of
Enforcement i'm United States.

nation and supervision: the co-opera-
ton of Federal and State governments
and the coordination of administrative
and prosecuting officials; and thirdly,
the judicial machinery Of enforcement.
involving necessary changes in judicial
organization and improvement In GRIM
existing statutes; recommendation OF
additional legislation and provisions for
the relief of existing congestion In Fed
eral courts.
Capitalization Studied.
"a considerable portion Of the &C
tivitieS of the committee has been given
to development of proposals for action
on most urgent questions. The cues
ton of the better Capitalization OF re-
sponsibility and coordination OF Fed
eral agencies has been given careful
examination, together with measures Tor
relief of congestion in the courts.
aside from the cooperation OF the
various Government agencies, the COM
mittee has had the benefit OF the serv-
ices Of Mr.. A. w. w. Woodcock, United
States attorney for the district OF
Maryland, who has been given leave
by the Department OF Justice Tor TINS
purpose: MCSSrS. Albert Z. Sawyer, +.
E. Lindberg and other members OF stan.
Special attention Is being given to
the administration OF the law with re-
Spect to the manufacture and sale OF
industrial alcohol.
Causes of Crime.-A preliminary re-
port on the psychiatric aspects of crime
has been prepared for the commission
by DR.. Herman j. Adler. State GRIM
inologiSt of Illinois, and Miss Mary
Van Kleeck. director of the department
of industrial studies of the Russell Sage
Foundation, has undertaken a study of
the economic and industrial factors
bearing OH criminal conduct.
Material Assembled.
"A number of conferences also have
been held with outstanding pSychia-
trists and psychologists and much ma
terial assembled for use upon this i'm
portant topic.
Juvenile Delinquency.-A prelimi-
nary report has been prepared by Miss
Grace Abbott. chief Of the Children'S
Bureau. Department Of Labor, and Miss
Lenroot, her assistant. The commits
sion also has secured the services of
the Juvenile Court Of Los Angeles,
Calf, and president of the National
Conference of Social Workers, to make
an exhaustive inquiry, the expenses Of
which are borne from other sources
than the commissions funds.
Criminal justice and foreign born
Dean Abbott of the University of Chi
cago has undertaken study of this
subject and is pursuing Investigations
in California, Texas, New Orleans, Chi
cago and New York, having at present
working under her Prof. Handman of
the University Of Texas, Prof. Horak of
Tiffin. Ohio: Mr.. Jaskson Chance of
Los Angeles, Calf; Prof. Taylor of
Berkeley. Calf; Prof. Steiner of Tulane
University, New Orleans: Paul Warm
shuts and others of Chicago and c. w.
King Of New York.
Cost TO Taxpayers.
Cost Of crime-One of the important
factors In emphasizing the need of re-
form is the cost of crime to the people
OF the United States, the expense of
police and detection
agencies, courts. prisons and all the
personnel and paraphernalia of law en-
forcement, as we'll as the indirect cost
shown by the expense of extralegal pro-
in charge of Mr.. Goldthwaite H. Door.
assisted by Mr.. Sidney p Simpson, both
Of the city of New York.
Abuses in Enforcement.-The study
OF this subject has been undertaken by
Mr.. Walter H. Pollak of the New York
bar, and Prof. Zachariah Chaffee of the
Law School. The facts which
are being collected in this branch of
inquiry include those relating to the use
OF the third degree, intimidation and
other improper actions by some police
prosecutors and judicial officers as we'll
as OF the administrative and enforcing
officials.
Lack Of Statistics.
Enthusiastically in its work the
commission was troubled with the fact
that the statistics with respect to crime
and criminal conditions were SO made
quate as to require study and recon-
mendation Of administrative or legisla-
tive action. The services of Prof. Sam
Bass Warner OF Harvard University
were secured to investigate this prob
lem with view to the formulation of
for proper produc-
ton and collection Of statistics upon
crime and criminal enforcement.
In addition to this fundamental ne
cessity, the commission Is collecting
statistics with q view to the
assistance Of various divisions Of the
in their conclusions.
"InaSmuch as the members of the
are serving without COM
pensation and as IL out of the II
experts in charge of different investiga-
tons are also serving without compen-
sation and are assisted by many others,
some OF whom are likewise giving their
services in the national interest. the
expenditures OF the commission up to
the present time have amounted to
about $4,000"