Evening star., 1933-10-06

Expressions Of relief at the prospect
Of ridding the country Of its organized
crime follow the conviction Of hdnapers
in the Oklahoma City case, and tributes
to the power of the Federal Government
when aroused are widely voiced Greater
energy Is seen in the relentless pursuit
Of habitual law breakers. 1t is held
that State and local authorities lack the
power to achieve results, and that the
tide was not turned until the Nation
as whole took up the fight.
Law in Oklahoma does service to
the entire Nation" thinks the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, while the Providence
Journal holds that the convictions in
the Oklahoma case symbolic the re-
suits of'Federal action" The San An
tonic Express declares that "the Federal
and State Governments must stick to-
gether," adding that "the Federal oper-
atives' good work in the Oklahoma case
affords an earnest of what the system
now proposed might accomplish" The
Columbia Is. c. State says: THE des-
peradoes will soon come to fear these
Federal agents, who never quit, as the
escaped convict breads the trained
bloodhounds baying on his track. The
resources Of the Government in crime
detection are unlimited, and 1t is time
the conspirators in gangdom, who have
long trif1ed with the law-enforcing de-
partments of cities and States, were
made war upon by the force which can
crush them"
"Law-enforcing agencies Of the Fed
eral Government are infinitely superior"
AYERS the Chicago Daily News. with the
comment in connection with the latest
developments: Notorious criminals,
known by local communities to have in
stigated, II they did not commit, murder
and other deeds Of predatory violence,
and to have circumvented State justice,
have not been able to frustrate the
efforts Of the Federal agencies. True,
some of them are serving sentences for
income-tax frauds, instead of for the
crimes that made them notorious, but
that paradox reflects on the States, not
on the Federal Government"
There is no police service in which
there is public confidence and respect"
asserts the Topeka Daily Capital, lex
cept that Of the Department of Justice
at Washington, in dealing with organ
lied crime. kidnapping, gangsterism.
such wholesale killing as the Kansas
City Union Station massacre, is organ
lied, and recently so interlocked that
the same killers are involved in many,
If not most, of the outrageous crimes
that stir the American people. The
marauding gangs are limited in num-
Der and the Federal agents will clean
them up, as they promised. Meantime,
If local authorities can keep them. once
Federal investigators pick them up and
hand them over, the country will feel
relieved"
Similar belief is shown by the Charles
Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader sees
crime on the rum" and remarks that
various types Of outlaws are learning to
fear the power of the United States
forces" The Cincinnati Times Star at
tests that "the new deal in criminal JUS
tice has emboldened witnesses and ju-
rors alike" and that "the relations of
public, police and criminals, which got
dangerously out Of line in recent years,
are getting back to normal" The Bal
timore Sun recognizes the recurrence of
criminal outbreaks, and offers the ex-
PLANTATION: 1T is, perhaps, impossible to
get rid Of them all by single concerted
drive. It will take q long period of
unspectacular plugging to rid Chicago
OF its public enemies, and the authori-
ties there might as well be prepared for
sporadic outbreaks"
sudden and ruthless removal Of
dozen o-well-known killers in Amer
lean Cities" as viewed by the Fort Worth
Star-Telegrarn, would serve a profitable
purpose in the general reconstruction
program now under way" The Okla
homa City Times is convinced that this
country cannot curb crime without the
capture and conviction Of its worst
criminals" and urges that protection
of peaceful citizens is the first duty Of
government" The Rochester Times
Union offers the optimistic comment:
For a time it seemed as if the law was
almost futile in the face Of kidnapings
all over the country. But now the law
is catching J1rENtth these crimjpalR and,