The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-28
Ii Special Message, President
Reitefatss His Rscornmen.
dations to SoIons
WOULD PERFORM HIS DUTY
..@s. -
Certain improvements Nsces.
sary 70 Criminal Law
enforcement

effective criminal law enforcement
before tho peeoe11t session adjourus.
Ina special message, the president
cited tive Of the Recommendations
made to the special and>regular SEES
siotis ot congress which he said must
he carried out ~ I nm to perform
tho high, duty which falls upon the
executive q enforcement of. the fed
eral laws
The text Of the presidents message
follows:
I'm my messages Of June 9Th and
December :. ie2o, I placed before con
gress the urgency Of certain Improve
ments necessary to effective criminal
Law. enforcement. ~
Substantial progress has been
made upon some Of the measures pro-
posed, yet We are nearing the end Of
the present session. and I cannot too
strongly urge the necessity Of action
upon all these recommendations be.
fore adjournment.
Tho most important recommends
tionS made by me were five In num-
ber:..
Center Responsibility =
zone: There should be q transfer
Of the functions Of detection and
prosecution Of prosecution cases from
the treasury department to the de-
partment Of justice and thus an end
Ing Of divided responsibility and
effort.
IAN act providing for this transfer
was passed by the house Of represent
atives and has now been reported to
the senate by its judiciary committee.
"Two: There must. be relief at
forded from congestion in the courts.
While this congestion Is evidenced
by the dockets in many courts, its
full implications are not shown by
them.
Respect for Law
"The socalled bargain days. when
tight fines ne imposed. rs the result
Of pleas Of guilty, clear the docket
but the result distinctly undermines
respect for law.
NO conclusion appears to have
been reached Is to the method Of ac-
complaining this either by the judi
ciary committee Of the senate or BY
to Judiciary ieornmitsee Of the house
Of representatives.
Three: There must be extension
Of federal prisons with more adequate
parole system and other modern
treatment Of prisoners. We have al
ready 1885. prisoners In federal es-
tablishments built for 6.946.
""The, attorney. general has stated
that we cannot hope to enforce the
laws unless We can have some points
Of reception. for convicted persons.
The overcrowding Of tho prisons
themselves Is inhumane and accen-
tuates criminal tendencies.
bills providing for this relief were
passed by the house and are now, I
understand, In course Of being report
ed to the senate by the judiciary COM
mittee.
Reorxanise border Patrol
-Four: we are In need Of vieor-
Gus reorganization Of the border pa
troll In order to consolidate various
agencies so Is effectually to prevent
illegal entry Of both aliens and goods.
Proposals to bring about such reor-
..gani4ation are before. the committees
give: The District Of Columbia is
without IN adequate prohibition en-
forcement law. A bill for that pur.
pose has been introduced and hear
ings have been held before the senate
district committee It should contain
the safeguards recommended BY the
attorney general.
1--WE have within the limits Of exist
ing legislatton improved the person
mel and greatly increased the effi-
cheney Of the existing federal machtn-
cry In criminal law enforcement dur
ing the past year,
THE above reforms are necessary,
however, u I am to perform the high
duty which falls upon the executive
Of enforcement OF the federal laws.
-Blames Other Laws
"Wh1le . considerable part Of this
condition arises from the laws relat-
ing to Intoxicating liquors. yet the
laws relating to narcotics, automobile
thefts, ct cetera, which have been
enacted BY the congress during recent
years, also contribute to create the
present conditions. This r wen in
dicated BY the fact that less than one
third Of federal prisoners are due to
prohibition.
Our obedisuce . law, our law en-
forcemeut and judicial organization.
Or judicial procedure. our care and
methods Of handing prisoners, in re-
lation to not only federal govern
ment but also to the state and mufic-
ipal goveguments are far from the
standaydgt that must b secured. Thege
proposals while they do not compre-
bend the whale which remains to be
done IN the na&ion are aastep toward
lifting the federal standards which
must have : general beneficial In
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