Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
IMPETUS Is GIVEN
DRY ENFORCEMENT
IN CAPITAL AREA
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drunk or q policeman who has beer
found to be drinking liquor is shown
! to be, in my judgment, wholly unfit tC
| I'LL a position that has so much to dc
| with enforcement of the law.
rs there anything in the law that
| would prevent the immediate discharge
| of a policeman found drunk or known
to be drinking? If not, why does the
commission not expressly provide by its
rules and regulations that any police
man guilty Of such conduct should be
Immediately separated from the force?'
Before writing the letter Senator
Jones joined in urging passage of the
proposed local enforcement bill.
The statement issued by Senator
Capper late yesterday was his first
analysis OF the report submitted Friday
by the Attorney General. Senator Cap
per commented as follows:
THE Attorney General makes four
major suggestions which, il translated
into law by Congress, should bring about
considerable improvement in local
conditions.
THE first Of these suggestions comes
in the form Of the draft Of bill to sup
plement the national prohibition act in
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prove of the suggested legislation and
believe it to be entirely in keeping with
the views Of President Hoover.
''InaSmuch as the draft is based upon
q bill proposed by Senator Howell. who
has taken a great interest in prohibition
enforcement here, I shall ask the Sena-
tor TO introduce the bill. This legisla-
ton Is greatly needed, and I hope for
its early consideration and passage by
Congress. ra
THE Attorney General next recon-
mends legislation to provide at once
two additional justices for the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia.
think the urgent necessity Of this legis-
lation Is well known. I have intro
duced bill to provide this relief TO
the District Supreme Court. The bill
Is pending before the judiciary COM
mittee of the Senate I will ask Senator
Norris, who is chairman Of that COM
mittee, to look upon this bill as an
emergency measure and to obtain IA
vOrable consideration by the committee
at the earliest possible moment.
Untold Good Promised.
Congress will do untold good to the
District Of Columbia, and to the cause
of law enforcement generally, by pass
ing this bill during the current session.
IL Is Tie only IcdSlDIc HcdLlS ny WHICH
the badly clogged dockets OF the courts
can be cleared.
The Attorney General also suggests
that the Police Court Is badly con-
gested and has not SUFFICIENT room iE
which TO transact its business. He
states also that the new Police Court
Building, provided for in the municipal
center group, probably will not be avail
able for four or lve years.
"All this Is deplorable but true. In
line with the Attorney Generals recon.
mendatiOn I shall seek a conference
with the District Commissioners a.
their earliest convenience to discuss
ways and means by which we may OBJ
tain additional quarters for the Police
Court until the erection of the per-
manent new building.
IT am glad that the Attorney General
mentioned the necessity for a law to
regulate the sale of securities in the
District. With the support of the lead
ing civic and trade organizations of the
city, the Better Business Bureau and
the investment bankers of Washington
have been working for such a law for
the past few years.
MY bill to regulate the sale of securi-
ties Is now in the hands of the sub
committee on insurance and banks oil
the Senate committee on the District OF
Columbia. Senator Blaine, chairman OF
this subcommittee, informs me that he
will be ready to report on the bill
shortly after the recess. I shall en-
deavor to obtain favorable committee
action and passage Of this legislation by
the Senate.
ION the whole, I feel the Attorney
Generals Recommendations are most
practical and timely. They constitute 9
splendid program for better law enforce
ment in the District. shall do all In
my power to assist in the enactment
into law Of the suggested legislation.
i II know that the good people OF
Washington, and the friends Of law en-
forcement throughout the Nation, Will
support this constructive, progressive
| effort to make the District the mode
| of city law enforcement in the Nation. >
Senator Capper began his statement
| by recalling the statement of President
Hoover in his message to Congress last
month that The District of Columbis
should be the model of city law enforce
ment in the Nation" Senator Cappel
| said the Attorney Generals letter ad.
hered to the Presidents expressed views
Interest in Situation.
| It was learned yesterday that oficial.
| Of the Law Enforcement Commission
have been in communication with tn,
District committee to get information a.
| to the Attorney Generals recommends.
| tiors for Washington, indicating an in.
terest in the situation here.
Senator Howell said yesterday tina
| the enforcement bill as drafted by tn,
| Department Of Justice Is basically SINH
/ lar to his original measure. He said h,
had noted that they did not 60 as far a
he had gone in giving the local Judge
power to issue warrants. and he ais
called attention to his proposal to Sc
up q revolving fund to be used by tn
local police in enforcement work, in
stead Of having to spend their owl
money and wait to be reimbursed.
A feature of the proposed local en-
forcement bill not previously empha
sized provides that any physician o
pharmacist in the District convictet
twice Of violating any provision of tn
National prohibition act requiring hin
to do or to abstain from doing any &C
in his capacity as such physician o
pharmacist would forfeit his license :
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