Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-02
The Once Over
POSSIBLE WICKERsHAM COMMISSION REPORT
ON TIL CRIME WAVE

the Wickersham Commission, having filed Its
findings on prohibition. win next report on its inquiry
into the astounding increase in crime in the United
states."-News Item1
Cd The commission is opposed to crime.
Cd The commission is opposed to conditions con-
ducive TO and resulting In crime. or words to that
effect.
80 The commission Is opposed to AL Capone. Legs"
Diamond. Niger Nate" Raymond and Nick the
Greek" Commissioners orubb. Loesch and Pound
dissent in the case Of Nick the Greek and would
substitute a fellow named Joe the Butcher
A. The commission Is opposed to Chicago pine
apples" but approves OF CALIFORNIA; oranges.
go The commission Is opposed to bank robberies.
cigar store hold-ups. hi-iacking, night club murders
street corner s~hootings, machine gun assassinations
and the custom known as taking him for a ride j"
Commissioners Macintosh and Kenyon feel, how
ever, that the cigar store has fallen so far from ITS
old-time standards that It is undeserving Of consid-
Grafton al this timeo
t6) The commission Is opposed to rackets.
Mote-Two commissioners who have recently sign
ed testimonials for q cigarette they have never smoked
have refused to include Endorsements as a racket.
Commissioners Anderson. Kenyon and Grub believe
that any drive against rackets should give full atten-
ton to greeting cards. Apple Week, Fathers Day, ra-
do programs and National Tree Planting Week.
CD The commission is opposed to crooked courts,
but believes two brothers dissenting) that such
crooked courts as are now functioning should be al
lowed another year 50 that the people may determine
whether or not they are as crooked as suspected.
90 The commission believes that there should be
some cooperation between arresting officers and the
courts in the punishment Of ~gangsters. and is Of the
opinion there is as yet no adequate indication Of any
such cooperation. mo exceptionsO
10 Some Of the commissioners are not convinced
that the police departments, prosecuting agencies and
courts OF the country have had a fair trial in the de-
lection and punishment Of racketeering criminals
They believe that they should be allowed another l5
years, and that If after such further trial nobody Of
any influence is put in jail, there should be a gen.
eral house cleaning. Others believe there has been
sufficient trial and that ali our criminal laws should
be vetoed as uncomfortable.
Exceptions
% Commissioners Wickersham. Baker and Pound
object to the above report in toto. They hold 1t inn
possible TO abolish crime without abolishing Chicago.
% Commissioners Macintosh and Mccormick
wish to state that they signed against their wishes.
They believe complete futility Of commission treat
ment Of crime was Illustrated by tbe fact that seven
Of the eleven commissioners had their pockets picked
while on the way to or from commission meetings.
t) Commissioner Comstock does not wish to be
understood as agreeing to everything in the above
report. She is Of the opinion that crime can only be
suppressed in America when the tabloid newspapers
agree to stop publishing full-length portraits Of crimi-
mails and paying them $40 a word for their life stories.