Evening star., 1934-12-11
PRESIDENT SPURS
PARLEY ON CRIME
Delegates Heed RooseveIt's
Plea to Draft TWofoId
Plan in War.
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in life that you must take what you
can get from the world because nobody
Is going to give you anything"
Prof Glueck asserted that "intelli-
gent attempts to stop crime at the
source should be the guiding principle
Of future action In community, State
and the Nation" In this work, he
said, psychiatry, psychology, social case
work and educational practices should
be applied more effectively.
President Roosevelt, in addressing
q distinguished audience Of govern
ors, mayors, judges, police chiefs,
marshals and a. host of other experts
on crime eradication that filled to
capacity Constitution Hall last night,
deplored the Inadequate organization,
unscientific administration and lack
Of public support and understanding
impairing the country's law agencies.
Coordination Need Stressed.
"In many instances, We may as well
frankly admit" he declared, bandits
have been better equipped and better
organized than have the officials who
are supposed to keep them in check.
This is particularly true because of
the lack Of coordination between
local agencies within the States.
1T is, also, contributed to In serious
measure by the lack of facilities for
training skilled men for the work of
detection. apprehension and prosecu-
tion Of accused persons, and by similar
lack OF facilities for the study and
supervision of certain types of GRIM
inals capable Of rehabilitation.
The President pointed out that
effective detection of criminals may
be rendered useless by ineffective
prosecution or by unintelligent judi
cial disposition"
"Beneficent and promising pro-
cedure, such as probation and
parole" he said may become actually
sources Of danger. If ignorantly or
indifferently administered"
Sees Twofold Objective.
Marshalling Of "the assets Of home,
school, church. community and other
social agencies to work in common
purpose with our law enforcement
agencies" is essential if success is to
be attained, the President asserted.
Describing the objective of the con-
ference as twofold, Mr.. Roosevelt
said:
First. ask you to plan and to
construct with scientific care a con-
stantly improving administrative
structure-a structure which will tie
together every crime preventing, law
enforcing agency Of every branch of
Government-the Federal Govern
ment. the 48 State Governments and
all Of the local Governments, includ-
ing counties, cities and towns.
Your second task is of equal i'm
portance. An administrative struc-
ture that is perfect will still be in
effective in its results unless the
people of the United States under
stand the larger purposes and CO.
operate with these purposes"
Cummings Urges School.
Cummings last night renewed his
proposals for national training
school for those assigned to detect
crime and catch criminals.
I am thoroughly, convinced" he
said, that We need methods for better
selection and training of personnel.
laboratory facilities for work in de-
lection and apprehension, opportuni-
ties for scientific research as to better
ways OF taking all Of the various steps
in criminal law enforcement.
Personally I am satisfied that we
must have GREAT national A.
and educational center for work in
this field. Whether this should be
called an Institute Of Criminology or
Federal School for Training in Law
Administration: whether it should
include. at its inception, degree
granting academy for those who may
be selected and trained for profess
sional careers: or whether it should
begin with the coordination of al
ready existing units of instruction
and research and develop gradually
these are less important questions
than that we should declare ourselves
clearly upon the underlying PROPOSE
ton that there is need for training
and research Of this type and that It
can be DONE"
Uniform Laws Held Need.
Besides a permanent establishment
OF this kind, he said, there is need for
interstate compacts, uniform laws and
Federal and State legislative enact
ments to increase effectiveness of
State and Federal agencies.
Cummings declared the crime prob
lem today is ''freighted with grayer
menace to the Nation than could DOS
sibly have been true only few decades
ago. Crime was largely a local prob
lem when life was moving slowly. he
pointed out. but fast means of trans
portal Jon and communication have
broadened the aspects of law enforce
ment and increased responsibility of
the Federal Government. Just how
far Federal responsibility should ex-
tend Is a question difficult to decide.
he explained, due to constitutional and
other restrictions.
With emotion, Cummings also re-
ferred to the deaths at Chicago re-
Gently Of Cowley and Hollis.
Calls Situation "AmazinR."
1t Is amazing" he said, that such
q situation as now exists is possible at
this stage Of our civilization. When
officers Of the law are forced to engage
N drawn battles on public highways,
in railroad stations and elsewhere
armed with the desperate implements
OF modern warfare-we realize the
danger which is involved and the men
acing character of those who thus
boldly defy the power of our Govern
ment.
Innate courage, trained intelligence
and professional skill of the highest
order are necessary to meet this intol-
erable affront. Those who are risking
their lives in this public service are as
deserving Of esteem and of recognition
as are the soldiers and sailors who
represent us in time of war"
The Attorney General said that
when the situation is realized in all
its hideous aspects" those who "ro-
manticize crime and idealize the gang
sters and the racketeers will transfer
their affections MANIFOLD to those, like
our Government agents, who only a
few days ago gave their lives in the