Evening star., 1933-10-12
Committees Meet to Plan
Stiff Fight Against
laWIeSSneSS.
400 DELEGATES ARRIVE,
LASTING UNTIL SATURDAY
Group Hears Racketeering Costs
Nation 500 Per Capita
Each Year.

Registration of the nearly 400 dele
gates to the United States Flag ASSo-
cations National Anti-Crime Confer
ence moved along at swift pace to-
day, as IA committees went into session
to formulate plans for an intensive cam
palgn against all forms of lawlessness.
After a brief general meeting at 2
pm. the groups began individual ses-
sions scheduled to continue through to-
morrow morning.
The opening shot in the war against
underworld activities will be fired to-
night when the delegates will assemble
in the Commerce Department Audito-
rum to hear Attorney General Cum
mings and other distinguished speakers.
Admission to the auditorium will be
by card until $50 pm, at which time
all seats not taken will be thrown
open to the public. All the other meet
ings will be held at the Shoreham Ho-
tel, beginning at 10 am. tomorrow
and continuing through Saturday att
ernoon.
Campaign Extensive.
The work of the various committees
will be to attempt to enlist all forces
of American life in the drive against
crime. General recommendations of
the groups will be presented to the
conference dt tOIiollo" aiIei Aiooii .
meeting.
instructions given the Committee on
Business, Labor and Industry said:
H'All kinds of racketeering in this
country cost from Si2,O00,000,OO0 to
$4,000 100000 annually. which is
tribute levied by organized crime ana
amounts to from $40 to $3.50 each
year for every man, woman and child
in the United States. The purpose OF
this committee will be to organize bus
iness, labor and industry in The fight
against these depredations on it."
Clarence A. Low, New York banker,
heads the group.
Other committees and their chair
men follow:
Committee Charmen.
Members of the bar and legislation,
Clarence E. Martin Martinsburg, w.
Va, immediate past president OF the
American Bar Association; causes and
cure of crime, Capt. Richmond P. Hob
son, U. S. N, retired, of Merrimac
fame; civic organizations, Edward P.
Huhbell, Fort Lauderdale, Fla; educa-
ton, DR. Charles Wesley Flint, chan
cellor of Syracuse University; fraternal
organizations, former Senator Rice w.
Means; judiciary and law enforcement
officials, Mrs. Anna M. Kraissl OF New
Jersey; publications and stage and
screen, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty OF
Washington; publicity, Erwin D. Can
ham, Boston; punishments, paroles and
pardons, Gov. Stanley w. Wilson OF
Vermont; religious activities, Prof.
Samuel L. Hamilton of New York Uni
versity; resolutions, DR.. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, president of George Washing
ton University, and women's organiza-
tions, Miss Julia K. Jaffray, New York.
The Co-ordinating Committee will be
composed of the chairmen of the other
groups.
Col. Patrick j. Hurley, former Secre-
~tary of War, who is chairman of the
National Council of '76 crime combating
division of the Flag Association, under
the sponsorship of which the conference
is being held, will preside throughout
the sessions.
Speakers will include Col. Hurley, Col.
James A. Moss, U. S. A., retired, presi-
dent general of the Flag Association;
Judge Marcus Kavanagh of the Supreme
Court of Cook County, Ill; Clarence E.
Martin, former president Of the Ameri-
can Bar Association; Mrs. Russell Will
liam Magma, president general OF the
Daughters of the American Revolution;
Rev. Edmond Walsh, S. j., vice presi-
dent of Georgetown University, and
Representative Hatton w. Summers of
Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee.