Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29
MACHINES ENHANCE
USE OF PATROLMEt
Public Affairs Institute TcId
Aides Make Police EGre
Necessary.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
SAT- Correspondent Of The Star


UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, juno
Gone class of worker is safe from
the competition of the machine-the
policeman.
operating traffic lights, fast ar
moTed cars equipped with radio and all
the other mechanical aids are making
the uniformed patrolman more neces-
Sary than ever, --uce Smith OF the New
York Institute OF 'Tublic Amin stration
tcld the Institute c. Public Affairs here
today
When the present economic crisis
has been adjusted, hs said, the problem
Ct crime will again be the leading sub
Jet of public concern When that
time comes, he said, police administra-
tors should be prepared with a clear
cut program for the reorganization OF
police machinery. Real protection. he
said, cannot be provided without suf-
ficient number of uniformed partols of
carefully selected, effectively disciplined
and intelligently led men.
Police Most Effective.
while we have failed even to at
tempt measurement of the deterrent
and repressive influence CT uniformed
patrolmen," he said "the preponderance
of police opinion and the results Of OBJ
e1rvation indicate that they remain the
greatest deterrent to crime.
A proposal to reduce the agricultural
surplus by exempting from taxation
agricultural lands devoted to certain
specific purpoces was made at the in
stitute by Carl Vrooman Ct Illinois,
former Assistant Secretary Of Agricul-
ture.
Crop production" he said, should be
curtailed by two methods-reforesta
ion kNxy ind itytfi 1nl How tot n
and Federal action of our most I'M
promising farm lands, and the planting
of from 10 to 20 per cent of our arabic
farm lands in nitrogen-gathering crops
for fertilizer. Taxes on reforested lands
should be removed until the forest
growth Is old enough to market. and
most of the taxes should be removed on
lands planted in soil-building plants
until cash crops are produced.
Religious Study Urged.
Asserting that the public schools have
drlfted far toward a complete ignoring
of religion. Dean Luther A. Weigle of
Yale Divinity School last night placed
the blame not upon infidels and athe-
lists, but upon persons who spoke in
the name of religion.
Although the United States Is land
of religious freedom. DR. Weigle pointed
cut, its foundations were laid IN re-
ligious faith. yet 1.-The surprising fact
is that the schools of America Go not
accord to religion place ccmmensu-
rate with its importance as a factor
in our heritage.
ignoring of religion by the public
school," he continued inevitably con-
veys to children a negative suggestion.
They cannot help but notice the omis-
sion. 1t is bound to discredit religion
in their minds. 1t is natural for them
to conclude that religion is negligible.
or unimportant to the real business of
life. To exclude religion from the pub
lie schools of the United States is to
surrender these schools to the sectari-
aniSm of atheism or irreligion.
Bible eading Advocated.
I'VE have right to expect the schools
to do more than they have been doing
They can in many States continue
reading the Bible or the Lords Prayer
an act of corporate worship in which all
religious groups might we'll agree to
unite. The public schools should refer
to religion naturally end wholesomely
without dogmatism or bias