Evening star., 1933-07-26
Will Spend Whatever Sum Isl
Needed to Crush Out
Rackets.
WHOLE NATION AROUSED
TO WIPE OUT GANGSTERS
Forming Of National Police Force
Being Considered to Wage
Battle.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Attorney General Cummings declared
today after a conference with President
Roosevelt that whatever money is
needed will be spent by the Govern
ment to beat down kidnapping rackets.
THE fight has to be won; we are
going ahead to the limit" he vowed.
1t was revealed that organization Of
some kind Of national police force is
under considerations modified form
Of Scotland Yard.
I'VE are going through with this" the
Attorney General declared, "and we will
spend the money as it Is needed"
Roosevelt Behind Fight.
Meanwhile, on dozen fronts, the
agencies of Federal Government fought
crime today.
At Washington, at Albany, In the
Middle West and on the Pacific Coast
there were new evidences of determi-
nation to crush the kidnap breed.
President Roosevelt let it be plainly
known that he wants established q
super-police force of Federal agents to
step in and check the growth of organ
lied crime especially kidnapping.
Governors of States, meeting In San
Francisco, added their voices to de-
mands for action. Gov. Balzar Of Ne
vada said:
1T is up to us individual Governors
to cooperate, possibly with the Federal
Government, to do something drastic to
stop these organized gangs"
Advocate Cooperation.
Gov. White Of Ohio, speaking at the
Governors conference, advocated CO.
operation between States and the Fed
eral Government to check Kidnapping
and other crimes.
Gov. Lehman Of New York, with a
kidnapping (as yet unsolvedD done almost
in the shadow Of the Capitol at Albany.
indicated he would demand enactment
of drastic laws against kidnapers.
In several parts of the country there
were definite signs today that public in
dignation against criminals was having
results. Roger Touhy and three men
classified as members of his Chicago
gang are held at Milwaukee on charges
growing out of the William Hamm, jr.,
kidnapping in st. Paul, MINI. A former
convict is on trial In Kansas City for
the kidnapping last May Of Mary Nc
Elroy, daughter of the city manager.
At st. Louis authorities told Of con-
fession that they hope will speed solu-
ton Of the kidnapping Of August Luer
of Alton, H., July IL.
Public Wrath Evident.
Elsewhere there was other evidence
of public wrath against the recent sue
cessful forays of criminals. The d.
rector of the department Of public
safety Of Indiana called for the organ
ization Of modern minute men" in
every community. These groups would
spring into action at first word of any
crime, and by the use of communica-
ton systems, operating through a CEN
trail station, would draw q net tightly
around the fleeing desperadoes.
In Morrison, Tenn, citizens fought
bank robbers, an evidence Of public de-
termination to drive out crime One
member of the posse was killed and two
men were captured.
Despite the attack on crime by these
several agencies, acts of violence showed
no signs of abating. Two men are still
in the hands Of kidnapers. Lieut.. John
]. O'Connell, jr., Of Albany, N. Y, and
Charles F.. Urschel ofs Oklahoma City.
The first has been missing nearly three
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