The Washington times., 1934-12-11
MAKE CRIMINAL
AFRAID, SAYS
HOOVER
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Of racketeers in New York city
was $2,000,000.
Adoption Of State penal codes
and the codification Of various in
dustries were advocated by Mr.
Bennett as aids in eliminating
racketeering. He appealed to the
delegates, especially his fellow at
torneys general, to consider Seri.
ously development Of such codes.
He also advocated the filing OF
information rather than grand
jury hearings and the waving Of
Jury trials by defendants in crimi'
nal cases.
Crime Begins Early
The majority of criminal careers
begin in childhood and rarely
adolescence, Mr.. Byrnes Mac
Donald, of New York, member
of the advisory board Of the Ma
tional Institution of Public Affairs,
declared.
He urged the conference to call
upon constructive social agencies
to direct their efforts specifically
to the education of youth in the
home, church, school, community,
and other social agencies"
A resolution to this effect was
offered by Mr.. Macdonald, and DR..
Ray o. Wyland, national director
of education cor the Boy Scouts
Of America, indorsed and sec
onded it.
Urge Child Education
The resolution reads:
"Where, the President in his
keynote address emphasized the
fact that the reliance on mere
repression cannot take the place
of intelligent training and guild
ance of youth and further that
we have come to time when
our need is to discover more
fully and to direct more pur-
pOSefully into youthful chan
nels, that greatest of all natural
resources, the genius Of the
younger generatiOn;' and,
tigation of the Senate Commit
tee of Commerce reveals that
most criminal careers begin in
childhood and tht home cOndi-
tions and community environ
ment profoundly influence be-
haviOr::' and,
whereas: The purpose of
this resolution is to further the
aims of the Attorney Generals
conference on crime as designed
to check and suppress the
growth of crime in America.
"Be it therefore resolved: That
this conference goes on record
as calling upon all social agencies
dealing with youth to direct
their efforts specifically to the
prevention of crime by training
youth for useful citizenship in a
well-planned program centered
upon education in the home,
school, church, community and
other social agencies, and TO-
arouse anew an attitude of active
antagOnism and adherence of
crime and criminals as enunci-
ated by President Roosevelt in
his address opening the AttOr-
ney Generals conference on
crime"
Discussion on the resolution is
scheduled for p. m. today, To-
morrow evening was announced
as the deadline for submission Of
other resolutions.
Publicity for Crime
Other speakers today include DR..
Sheldon Glueck, of Harvard Law
School, who will speak on THE
Role Of Effective Apprehension and
Prosecution in a Crime Prevention
Program; Modern Youth and
Crime" will be the subject OF
Judge Charles w. Hoffman, of the
Cincinnati (Ohio) Domestic Rela-
tions Court, and Gordon Dean,
special attorney of the Depart
ment of Justice, will discuss I'm
terState Compacts for Crime Con-
troll"
The session is particularly
devoted to consideration of the
problem of crime from the view
point of public intelligence agen-
cies. The chairman of the meet
ing is Mr.. Grove Patterson, editor