The Washington times., 1933-08-14
,20-YEAR TERMS
ADVOCATED BY
|NULROONEY
Copeland Committee Expected
To Draft Drastic Laws
Against Criminals

NEW YORK, Aug. IA GNS).
Kidnapers and others convicted of
major crimes should be publicly
whipped every six months over
period of 20 years, former New
York Police Commissioner Edward
p. Mulrooney said today before
the first public forum on racke-
teering held by the senatorial sub
committee of which Senator Royal
S. Copeland is chairman. He
said:
"If kidnaperS, after cOnvic-
tiOn, should be sentenced to 20
years in prison, plus Is lashes
every six months, this punish
ment should have Salutary eff
feet on the crime situation"
Mulrooney, now head of the
New York State beer control COM
mission, is one of the leading po-
lice authorities in the world.
England Uses Lash
He continued:
"This lashing system may
sound brutal, but the kidnaper.
and other major criminals, are
Just as brutal to their victims.
Canada, England and the
State of Delaware are not
above administering lashes. You
have to humiIate the modern
gangster."
He pictured the average Amer
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young man who made crime a
career was willing to kill. had
plenty of money with which to
work and whose only goal was
~the dollar" Mulrooney said:
"He thinks he can beat any
law with the aid of money"
Fingerprinting Urged
Mulrooney advocated universal
6ingerprinting of school children.
He spoke for a central finger
printing bureau.
Prof. Raymond Moley Assist
ant Secretary of State. in charge
of President Roosevelt's special
survey into crime, attended the
hearing.
Joseph B. keenan,, special as
eistant to the Attorney General.
said the Federal Identification
Bureau and its finger-printing
system had been of great aid to
local and State authorities.
He referred to the ease with
which gangsters could obtain ma
chine guns and expressed the
hope that when legislation is
considered to control machine
gun traffic mo powerful lobby
nor interest of sportsmen will
have sufficient weight to defeat
passage"
Other witnesses called were Rob
ert Dura, chairman of the Fed
eral Bar Association of New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut; Prof.
Franklin S. Russell, vice chairman
of the latter committee, and Po-
lice Commissioner James S. Bo-
Ian, of New York.
Commissioner Bolan declared
the submachine gun should not
be in the possession of anybody
but constituted authorities.
Whaken GlVeS views
Grover A. Whalen, another for
mer New York police commits
sioner, was the next witness.
Whalen offered the following
suggestions to combat racketeer-
ing:
/. Coordination of all scat
tered forces in the anti-racket-
eering drive.
2. Amendment of antitrust
laws so that racketeers acting
in restraint of trade receive
mandatory prison terms.
3. Before issue of a charter to
labor organizations, investiga-
tion by the State labor organi.
cation concerning the individ-
uals making the application.
4. A constitutional amend
ment giving the Federal Gov
ernment concurrent jurisdiction
with local and State authorities
over homicides, felonies and
racketeering crimes.
5. Forwarding to the Bureau
of Federal Investigation of du-
plicates of all racketeering COM
plants.
6. Seeking of cooperation of
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