The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-12

of long leisure, which if not man. aged will inJure us, he said.
 Crime Not Managed Well
 For the third thing, we haven't managed our crime very well to- day, Rev Sockaman said. The de- velopment of crime S more signi- ficant than figures on 1t. Fifty years ago Jesse James was the typical exponent of crime. His technique iS pretty well passe now. Crime is better organized to-day. It is Q business. Crime is danger ous primarily because 1t is being engineered by some of the shrewd- est brains in the country.
 He pointed out that when gamb- lers are robbed, because they are in an illegal business they can't ask the authorities for help so they hire other gangsters to protect them. This gives the gangsters a two fold chance for gain. Gambl- ing, drink, drugs and vice comprige the four great avenues open to crime. Some place the cost of crime yearly at c billion dollars and other say 1t is not less than 18 billion, wo will have to manage that tomorrow, he said.
 Too Many LoophoIes
 He pointed out there are too many loophoples of escape in our present Judicial system for crime committers. PostDonements often result in tho prisoners being let off. We are all against lynchings he said, Out unless we can tighten up our legal systems, we will al- ways have people who will take law into their own hands.
 Training of youth is the basis for crime prevention however. Hc told of an interview with boy of IT in jail for an indeterminate period who said his mother had not visit cd him, but his pals often came to see him. Rev Sockman was told by q jail official that when the boy went out he would probably be- come the leader of q gang because he was considered to be wiser in the ways of crime, having been in- side q prison. He is headed for q career of crime just because, duo to q sidewalk training, his normal instincts have gone wrong, Rev Sockman stated.
 He compared the modern youths to n garden. If we don't cultivate our garden he said the seeds from tho weeds nearby will get into 1t and transform 1t Into another bed of weeds. The schools arc our defense against the Junglc-patch of crime, he declared.
 "MOdern Pirates"
 He quoted William Pitts state mcnt when pirates were threaten ing, Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute" There are now the pirates within, the racket cers who arc preying on our hu- man intercourse" the speaker as- serted. Against them we have the home, the school and the church, millions for defense but not one cent for tribute"
 There has been wardncss in the management of our intcrna-- tlonal relations, Rev Sockman said. We are nearer to another war to- day than we have been since 1018." If the war dead in the World War. those killed directly or in- directly. should march through Naugatuck, 20 abreast, In army formation from daylight to the next dawn they would Do march ing for thrcc months, he said.
 Our Place
 He quoted Michael Williams, Ro- man Catholic editor of "rhe Com monwear' ns saying The peace movement needs to get down to the thinking of the man in the street" I agree with this, said Rev Sock man. Let our communities be drill grounds. A redeemed world is 4 moeaic composed of many redeem cd communitics.'
 CloBcncBs of contact causes us to get conscious of our differences he said. We must bridge the chasni between these differences in the | world of tomorrow, he said. We need secular cducatiOn but that it not enough. With it Nust go 1 Christ like imaginntoln whereby ! we can Se what life looks like to , the men whose race and skin it different than ours. We also need laboratories of operation where persons of different sccts and races work together. It is by such work ing together that we lean to re- Bpect and understand each other Rev Sockman declared.
 | Praises Rev Better
 Rev John r.. Better introduced the speaker and Dr Sockman ir thanking Rev Zcltcr referred tt him ns "a long time fried. one who I knew as go able n student