The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-31
TO
EEAD DRIVE ON
|RACEETEERING
EiN Be Under Presidential
direction When Crime
Laws Pass
prpS0NAL HAND in
| CAMPAIGN REVEALED

oI press Staff Correspondent
SCooyright. 1884, United Pres')
4 WASHINGTON. Mar. 81 (UPl
,.;lsr- Roosevelt will direct a
[..;,r.viIe drive to rid the ma
H. Of gangsters and racketeers
1 coon As congress completes &C
4 ~ pending anti-crime bills,
4. United Press learned last
tght .,.o
Er,ris McHenry Howe, secre-
l.. 70 Mr.. Roosevelt, conferred
: sneaker of the House Henry
. ! Ps;rev and Majority Leader
t,.nb Byrns at the White House
s.sriay and told them the chief
t.,r,;ye desires speedy passage
no measures by the house.
Tse senate passed seven of the
s. !, crime bills Thursday. The
s,sgres were expedited after
,nritv Leader Joseph I. Robin
4 Of the senate had conferred
!, President Roosevelt before
chief executive left for his
:Iorida fishing trip. House lead
l indicated that the bills would
] disposed of early next week.
4 Meantime. J Edgar Hoover,
rector of investigation of the
<stice department said last night
/ organization was preparing 10
I've with new vigor against rae
Steers as soon as the bills are
s. acted His department has Of
e in 25 Of the nations leading
hes. A highly specialized staff
Investigators is attached to
ch office.
"We can move on a minutes
btiee." Hoover told the United
less. "0ur men are ready. They
u not require additional train
:"
81 White House pressure for pass
fe Of the anti-crime bills was
ID to have been caused, in part,
bm continued racketeering IN
cleaners and dyers, laundry
d other service industries which
making it difficult to enforce
"a codes in these groups. At
esent the governments only
eapon against commercial rae
teering is prosecution under the
herman antitrust laws forbid
hg interference with free inter-
:e transit of merchandise.
Jlstice department officials say
Is Intellectual and unsatisfac-
b, One of the new bills would
Hthorize the federal government
prosecute racketeers intimidat-
g and extOrting money from
lSineSS persons or firms when
N interstate angle is involved
<ther in the business interfered
&th or the activities of the rae
teer. The penalty for violation
y this act is fixed at 90 years in
rSOn and a fine equal to the
<hount of money illegally COL
&cted.
The measure VIII enable the
vernment to strike directly at
3 gangster or racketeer shield
now by crooked politicians or
~ officials. Witnesses crossing
#te boundaries to avoid testify
3 IN a state prosecution would
punishable by a fine of $4,000
a Imprisonment for FIVE years by
mother Of the crime bills. Off
as said flight to another state
HS common practice of wit
Sses summoned in racketeering
4SeS.
Two Of the measures are de
Ened to reinforce the federal
naping law One specifics that
en kidnapped persons are held
pre- than three days, the federal
e'Rment may presume that
'e boundaries have been cross
ana may enter the case at
At present, federal agents
aIlnorlzed to participate in
dung aS.ag cases only when there
-, So.'q(e proof that state boun-
, ro nave been crossed, on up
Ia IrsP0eSt Of state or local Of
ano.ner bill calls for life i'm.
so.3.t for persons convicted
a. Js"IIng kidnap ransom de-
b. rs IN any way through inter.
dT..Eo commerce. The Lindbergf
10 I ~ law only covered the
Sso y" the mails for this pur
Justice department official.
=, last night these two meas,
H. co "tuId reduce kidnapping sc