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Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
Farnhurst Loses Appropriation

An appropriation of S33 900 for
permanent improvements to the
State Hospital at Farnhurst has
been lost to the institution, it has
been learned. At the executive of
fees, in checking on bills approved
during the past session of the Leg
1slature to provide for permanent
improvements for various institu-
tions, under a S425,OOO bond issue
for this purpose, it was discovered
the State Hospital measure was
missing. Representative James G.
Shaw had introduced the bill. On
investigation, it was found that the
bill had been passed by the House
and taken to the Senate the day
before adjournment, being reported
favoraby. In the rush of the late
business of the session the bill.
through an oversight, was not call
ed up for final action. AS a result.
the appropriation for permanent
improvements intended for the
State Hospital, can not be made.
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
1 ypical Mother" Celebrates Jelly

ALONG with a few million other
"A folks, Mrs Fletcher M. John
son of Observation-Disclosures,
N. Y. recently elected Americas s
typical mother by the Golden Rule
Foundation, will observe National
Jelly-Making Week, June II to 22,
by making a batch OF her favorlte
jelly.
AS typical mother with typi-
cal family, Mrs. Johnson has had
a typical problem to face. Most
of her six children and fourteen
grandchildren had different IA
vorite jellies. Il used to begin
early in the season" she says, "and
make Jelly all summer long, as
each fruit ripened. to be able 10
please my entire family. Now that
my children have grown, can
make my own favorite."
Her own daughter having won
high honors in the Girl SCOUTS
Mrs. Johnson is delighted that the
Girl Scouts. as well as the Camp
Fire Girls, 4 H Clubs and other
civic and educational organlza-
tions, are participating in the. ceie-
bration of National Jelly-Maklng
Week.
Here is Mrs. Johnson's recipe
for strawberry Jelly:
Strawberry Jelly
4 cups q ibs.l Juice
cups (3rs lbs.) sugar -
4 tablespoons strained lemon juice
bottle fruit psctfn
TO prepare juice. crush tnof.
oughly or grind about 8 quarts fuiiy
ripe berries. Place in, jelly. clotn
or bag and squeeze . out Juice
Squeeze and strain juice' from l
medium lemon. Measure sugar anu
Juice into large saucepan ana ma.
Bring to a boil over hottest hle
and at once add bottled fruit pee.
tin, stirring constantfy.s Then prlns
to full rolling boil and boil haru
" minute. Remove from. nre,
skim, pour quickly. Paratnn %
once. Makes about. IL glasses "
fluid ounces each).
And here, Is. another. Z" hei
Sayorites:
Blackberry Jelly
4 spps a rbs., harry iuaes'
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
TWO WELLINGTON CONTESTS
One a Defamation Contest and
One a VOlley Ball Contest


Millington, Md, June 2O.-A dec
lamation contest was held in the
auditorium of the Millington High
School here on June 10, in which
the following participated; Edith
Bramble, Charlotte Jones, Mar
garet Lee, Jay Pratt, Ellen Logan,
Roland Price, Pauline Moore and
Margaret Jones. The efforts of all
were splendid and Ellen Logan
was declared the winner. The
judges Of the contest were Miss
Mildred Melvin, of Kennedyville;
Mrs. Robert Huey and Prof. Skir-
ven Startt, of Chestertown.
The Millington Girls Volley Ball
team having won the championship
in Kent county went to Baltimore
to compete with the other counties
at the Baltimore Stadium. This
is the third time the girls" from
Millington High have won a trip
to Baltimore to compete in Field
Day exercises. The team is made
up as follows: Edith Bramble, Paul
inc Moore, Charlotte Jones, Kath-
ryn Price, Frances Edwards, Kath-
ryn Wyatt, Ellen Logan, Beulah
and the substitutes: Mar
garet Jones and Margaret Lee.
And can they play volley BALI But
they lost to Howard county. The
following boys also went along to
in other events: Arthur
Charles Jones, Leroy
Wallace.
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
DELAWARE CROP REPORT
Conditions Fairly Good June | For
Hay, Apples and Peaches

<hpp1CS II tdt1tS
Present indications are that Del
aware winter wheat production this
year will be 8 per cent larger than
last years crop, but per cent be-
low the production for the 5-year
period (1928-1932l. Most field and
truck crop prospects are spotted
owing to the adverse weather con-
ditions. Corn planting is fully two
or three weeks late Considerable
replanting has been necessary. Ap-
pie and peach prospects are better
than at this time year ago. Win
ter wheat production is estimated
at 1865, 900 bushels, compared with
1 $4,000 bushels a year ago and
the 5-year (1928-1932) average of
100000 bushels. The condition is
2 points above that on June l last
year but one point below the 10
year 1923-1932) average. Present
indications are that rye production
will be slightly above average Hay
and pasture growth is short in the
northern part of the State where
rains are needed, but up to average
in the southern part where soil
moisture is ample. In the southern
section good yields of crimson Glow
er and wheat hay were secured.
June 1 indications point to a peach
crop of 177,0OO bushels which is
about 81 percent of the 5-year
1928-1932) average production Of
$4,000 bushels Last years crop.
which was a near failure, amount
ed to $4,000 bushels. Apple condi-
tion reported at 81 per cent of nor
NAL is average. The set of both
summer and winter varieties is
considerably heavier than that re-
ported on June 1 a year ago. Pear
prospects are below average.
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
HIGH COUH
SEEN AS |
I. 5. Senator HastiI
supreme Court AL
of America
BILL UNCONSTITII

Asserting that under
ent conditions, the Supr
IS the home Of America
Hastings (R.-Del.), pred
week the utility holdin,
bill will not become eff
have had demonstrated
past three weeks" the
Republican said in a rad
that one branch Of q
ment, namely the judi
mains untarnished by nd
of government and unat
clare them unconstitutid
bill to abolish "unDecesS
ing companies, Hasti1
emphasizes the deternl
the administration to Ow
nate public utilities
ed as nothing less than
dent Roosevelt's reed
chat in which The Senatd
President described the 4
covery measure and viii
not destroy values. The1
PLANTATION Hastings sai&
offer for the Presidents
on the bill was his al
carry out the 1924 platd
Progressive party, WHICH
pared by his present CID
Mr.. Donald RichOerg.
called that the platform
party declared for pud
ship Of water power and
ton Of a public SUPER
tenn" and that the Ia
Robert NJ. LaFOllette a
Wheeler (D.-Mont.l, aud
holding company BILL VI
lively the Presidential
Presidential nominees
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
STATE SCH|
BOARD n
Election of Miss IA
to Succeed Mr.. +
Is Approved
N,T.BooTH TAKEs

Newlin 7 Boot h ] i
recently appointed /. y
Douglass Buck Il !. y
q Education. va 'Is
Thurs day at a msst;. sNa
n the legislative 81 4
Z oata Wa administers /
Taylor notary D15I-. Il y
fFom tae Comegys 1y..y III,
for a referendum N s1ss.' ~
solidate with The ~
district was approves
me election to be set 4.
{ 2ProVal was given b,
q the petition from Ki.
to consolidate with NJ !
sehool instead Of Milfa,
ldation Of Shorts 5ist.i
Hartly district and Bstl
the Laurel district wa
Pr H. Y Holloway "sS ..
gave its approval. Tbs
Miss Jean Eastop IA
s. dS travelling md
tons 70 continue tbrss
Harrington. four #
Two at the Negro scboJ
We're accepted.
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
i'e' strawberfiss'

: q tablespoon, :lsnGn snrs; |
8 caps l... los. os.c,,u sa !
TO- | prepare iisnss Juice. ,s,3
oughly or grind Slis aD0d, N jji,|
ripe berries. Place an, 4 iijss |
bag and squeeze ssIee 0Ii from 4
lemon. Measure eascessn sIsi Issni >
to a boil over I0c,in, nustr sa1
once add fruit psS,t ppsinr to,I
s5sni5Sl ise BSil aas .siI a soi' a1s' s'''5 y
Quickly. Parann . q & sd
about about IL glasses " j
each). |
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27

Anna E. Johnson
Harry E. Blendt
John j. BoWdine, Jr.
Robert A. CarroW
Gilbert o. Clampitt
Norman r. Connell
Robert l.. Davis
George B. Dixon
Gilbert F. Downs
Ralph G. FAIRIES
Robert T. FAIRIES
Walter w. Ford, Jr.
GRADE 1-2 TO GRADE 2
Jackie Horsey
George Hutchison
William Kenworthey
Anne Knots
Gerald Lamb
John Lovegrove
Lora McNatt
Sadie McNatt
Mary Minner
Donald Mood
Hazel Morris
Leon Morris
Curtis Newnum
Jane O'Neill
Elaine Pryor
Eleanor Reimann
Marlyn Rowlinson
Yvonne Senger
Alice Shawl
Josephine Smith
Mary Ethel Solloway
Leon Tucker
Marion Walls
James Stevenson
IINDERGARTEN TO GRADE
Robert Collins
Anna NJ. Davidson
Mary Everett
Jean Goldsborough
Betty j Griffin
Elizabeth A. Kirby
Glenn Matthews
Francis Pierce
James Ryan
Raymond Slaughter
Betty Jean Snow
Joyce Ann Wilson
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27
Killed by She'll, Not Hit

NIHed by oheUs, Not Hit
Many soldiers killed by shells
during the World war showed no
wounds and were not even hit The
high explosive shells created 4 par
tiSl vacuum around their bodies.
cauang instant death.
Smyrna times., 1935-06-27

IN
SCHOOL WORK
Continued From Page One)
GRADE 1912 TO GRADE IL
Anna Attix
Reynolds Bradley
Dorothy Bush
Marian Cook
Rosetta Deacon
Arthur Dickerson
Lawrence Ford
Marie Heinold
Catherine Horn
Vernon Lancaster
June Leader
Milton Maloney
Blanche Oliver
Gertrude Parsons
Leathe Thomas
Jean Urian
Nellie Wallace
Mary Hart Wright
Pauline Rothwell
GRADE 81 TO GRADE 10
Stuart Ashby
Murray Bleckman
Daisy Darrell
]. Darwin Davidson
Catherine Davis
Roger Davis
Estelle Edmondson
Mary Louise Ennis
Victor Ennis
Earl Ford
John Gooding
Margaret Hurd
Florence Jacobs
Reynolds Jones
Emma Kraus
Elsie Lefner
Joseph Lefner
GRADE 81 TO GRADE IL
NJ. Catharine Attix
Allen j. Cook
Howard c. Deakyne, Jr.
GRADE 9-2 TO GRADE 10
Howard Lewis
John Melvin
Samuel Moffitt
Edna Newnom
Phyllis Nowlan
Naomi Urian
Irene Oros
Wallace Powell
Mary Pryor
Roscoe Radish
Hilda Reed
Jane Rosengren
Harold Shockley
John Shortall
James G.. Truax
Mary Eta West
Hazel Willis
GRADE 9-2 TO GRADE III
Annabel Rohman
Marion Rothwell
John Talbot
GRADE 9-3 TO GRADE 10
Phyllis Armstrong
Dorothy Attix
Eta Biddle
Priscilla Collins
Elizabeth Hill
Roberta Macklin
Evelyn Maclary
Viola Ryan
Malvina Stevenson
GRADE 81 TO GRADE 9
Thelma Anderson
Vivian Blendt
Shirley Charlton
Dorothy Cooper
William Craft
Margaret Cochran
Naomi Davis
Marian Deakyne
Roberta Draper
Barbara Eichholz
Catherine Ely
Ronald Grier
Ruth Gruwell
Armstrong Hamilton
Wolcott Hutchins
GRADE SO TO GRADE 8
Alice Gentry
Howard Lloyd Jones
Mary Ellen Jones
Ida v. Kemp
Eleanor c. King
Bessie f. Leader
William F. Melvin
Elmer B. Passwaters
Vernon p. Scorah
Mary NJ. Short
NE
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tcopyrishA W. y. u,

Nop9flSAA ~ = - -ANS SII
Etzel Todd
Rozaleane Urban
Mary K. Walker
Sara Hester Zacheis
GRADE IL TO GRADE 8
Mary Andrew
Robert Bell
Pauline Bickling
William Bramble
James Bishop
William Bull
Ruth Bush
Harry Cloud
Richard Cochran
Anita Cooke
Ellen Louise Cullen
Maud Darrell
Hilda Davis
Mary Louise Deakyne
Victor Dickerson
Herbert Dixon
Hilda Emert
Raymond Engram
Donald Ennis
Dorothy Ennis
Dorothy FAIRIES
Marie FAIRIES
Randolph Faulkner
Clarence Garis
Ruby Green
Bernard Grier
Viola Hammond
Mabel Hart
Veronica Hartnett
Freda Hengst
Charles Hufschmidt
David Hughes
Emma Jacobs
Elizabeth @. Jones
GRADE ~ TO GRADE 8
Eleanor d. Keiser
Dorothy Leader
John Lockerman
Marvel Lowman
Pauline LoWman
Myrtle McFadden
Norwood Mcfarland
William MacLucas
Emma L. Mabrey
Elwood Massey
William Moffitt
Virginia Mood
Louise Nabb
Alvin Nickerson
Davis Numbers
Millard Passwaters
Mary Louise Porter
Ruth Ellen Reihm
James Reynolds
Ruth Short
Edward Slaughter
Nelson Slaughter
Miles Stats
Dorothy Stevens
James Stevens
James Turner
Ruth Waller
Daniel Windsor
Clinton Wolleyhand
Sarah Ellen Wright
GRADE 81 TO GRADE Z
Edith zimmerman
Mildred Bartlett
Clarence Blendt
Wilma Blendt
Mildred Carey
William Clough
Faye Cole
Eurena Collins
Ernest Council
Mary Ellen David
Earl l.. Davis
Robert Deakyne
Walter Downes
Paul Enlow
Elizabeth Ennis
Warren Ford
Richard Hammond
Frederick Harris
Marion Harry
Helen Hartnett
Lloyd Johnson
GRADE 6-2 TO GRADE Z
Janet Keith
Stephen Kuzian
Ethel M. Leager
Preston LeSage
Erla Lewis
John Long
Beatrice Morris
Ruth Nowland
Elizabeth Phillips
Helen Pleasanton
Lloyd Pleasanton
Dorothy Pratt
Alan Robinson
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Chapman Shockley
Lee Slaughter
Helen j. Stevenson
Carroll Van Pelt
Elizabeth Van Pelt
Elva Waters
George Wisk
Audrey Wolleyhan
GRADE 81 TO GRADE 6
Marie Blendt
Edward Burris
Kathleen Burris
Stimson CarroW
Marion Chester
Elizabeth Cox
Theresa Cox
Lillian Craft
James Deacon
Jesse Dixon
Gertrude Edmondson
William Edmondson
Manfred Ennis
John R. Francis, Jr.
Hazel Gruwell
Betty Hall
Andrew Hearn
Jain Hurd
Robert Jacobs
Carlene Jones
Audrey Leader
GRADE So TO GRADE 6
Robert K. Lower
Maria McNatt
Russell Moore
Franklin Morris, Jr.
William Palmer
Joseph Passwaters
Marian ". Pratt
Helen Regenauer
Richard Scorah
Robert Scorah
Dorothy Short
William Short
Eta Sklut
Georgia Lee Slaughter
Kenneth Smith
Robert Spence
Frederick Stevenson
Pauline Tucker
Howard Urian
Eliel Wiley
Leon Windall
George Long
Norman Tush
GRADE Al TO GRADE 5
Leo Allen
Billy Broaday
Jeanette Burchard
Evelyn Channel
Edward Cahall
Ethel David
Raymond David
Thelma Davidson
Louise Davis
Frances A. Davis
Jimmie DeFord
Betty Jane Ennis
Dorothy Fortner
Dorothy Foxwell
Dorothy Freeman
Mae Gardner
Lester Gentry
Jeane tie Green
Beverly Gaulke
Billy Harris
Grace Morris
GRADE AZ TO GRADE 5
Catherine Hartnett
Gene Kirby
Thomas Lamb
Frederic Marker
William Minner, Jr.
John B. Mood, Jr.
Betty Newnum
Leon Morris
Francis J. O'Neill, Jr.
Doris Jane Plmer
Eleanor Pierce
Elizabeth Robinson
Norma Seward
Sarah Stevenson
Jean Truax
Herman Tucker
Clarence Urian
Audrey Westfall
Helen Williams
Edward Wisk
Betty Woods
George Wright
John f. Wilson, 3rd
GRADE 81 TO GRADE 4
Edward f. Alfree
Benjamin Archer
Grace Bedweu
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Francis Bramble
Jack Brown
Eddie Burris
Rachel Burris
Sarah Cahall
Andrew Chester
Betty Clough
Bobby Clough
Vance Cole
Clarence Council
Billy Cox
Grace Coke
Walter Deakyne
Jimmy Edmondson
Jean Ennis
Alexander FAIRIES
Alan Ford
Clifton Fortner
Elma Foxwell
Jack Garis
Jack Griffin
Modal RaWlinson
GRADE 3-2 TO GRADE A
Leila NJ. Gable
Beatrice Clendaniel
Raymond Lane
Elinor Leader
Helen Malin
Laura McNatt
Robert Newman
Gertrude NeWnom
Florence PassWaters
Lorraine PleaSanton
William Pleasanton
Dorothy Pratt
Janet Pyle
Alden Robinson
Fiji Schantz
Leland Shapley
Leonard Springer
Nancy Stats
Frances Tucker
Marie Walls
Nancy Wilson
GRADE 2-I TO GRADE 3
Betty bigger
Marie Brommer
Charlotte Brown
Betty Lee Bush
Dorothy Chester
Catherine Connell
Ernest Davis
Harold Deakyne
Lorraine Donovan
Mary Donws
Logan Ebright
jeanette Ellwanger
Peggy Ennis
James r. Ford
Robert Francis
Frank Freeman, Jr.
Dorothy Green
Charles Gruwell
George Hammond
Sylvia Harris
William Hartnett
Earl Hooven
Dorothy Jones
Robert Jones
GRADE 2-2 TO GRADE 8
Leo johnson
Jamie Lamb
Marie Lester
Irene Moffitt
Mrytle Morris
Robert Moore
Madelyn Nabb
Irma Newnum
Eleanor Nowland
Roland Rash
James Rowlinson, Jr.
Maude Scuse
Eleanor Sklut
George Slaughter
Jean Spence
Margaret Springer
Charles Sutton
Myrtle Truax
Eugene Tribbitt
Edward Tucker
Minnie Tucker
Jack Walker
Rebecca Wilson
Oscar Wisk
GRADE IL TO GRADE 2
Florence Kay Boehmler
Emily c. Brown
Alice Ann Burris
Ella p. Bush
Ruth A. Conard
Eleanor ]. Cox
Thelma A. Dulin
Matilda l.. Ford
Ella M. Gardiner
Ruth E. Gooden
Edith M. Harry
Evening star., 1935-10-29

heard frequent expressions of incred-
ulous surprise when I told them of
the ease with which criminals in the
United States are able to secure pos
session Of lethal weapons of offense
The Seventy-third Congress enacted a
bill known as the national firearms
act. This is only a partial remedy.
It requires the registration of certain
firearms with collectors of internal
revenue In the various districts, but
applies only to machine guns, .ub-
machine guns, sawed-off rifles or
shotguns and silencers. This was as
far as the Congress would go at that
time. 1t contains fatal exemption
from all measure Of Federal control of
pistols and revolvers. In the Seventy
fourth Congress, in the session just
concluded, I, therefore, submitted
bill which would place pistols and
revolvers within the terms of the ma
tional firearms act. That bill was not
reported from the committee. I in
tend to continue my efforts in that
direction at the next session.
U. S. Firearms Stolen.
do not expect. of course, that
criminals will step up and register
their weapons, but I do expect that
all honest citizens will be willing to
have their weapons registered so that
when criminal is caught with an
unregistered weapon he will be deemed
guilty of serious offense. I can put
this situation in graphic form when I
state that this afternoon I obtained
from the Federal Bureau Of Investi-
cation cases reported since January !,
1888. to date showing robberies ard
thefts from National Guard armorles
and other public institutions of Gov
ernment-owned firearms and an.mu-
milton as follows:
Number Of firearms stolen, 2,O47.
This includes pistols, rifles, auto
matte rifles and machine guns.
Number of rounds of ammuni-
ton stolen. 273,326.
These figures seem TO me to be ap-
palling. While hundreds of these
weapons have been recovered and
while prison terms have been meted
out to many Of those who stole them,
the fact remains that our great
American underworld is armed to the
teeth. 1t steals its heavier weapons
and purchases its pistols. There is
no legitimate reason on earth for an
individual to have possession of a
machine gun; nor do I believe that
any honest citizen should object to
having all classes of lethal weapons
placed under registration. To permit
the present situation to continue in
definitely amounts to a disclaimer OF
national intelligence. appeal for
public support for a more effective
firearms act.
OF course, I have brought home
Evening star., 1935-10-29

where the prison population Is de-
creasing and crime is largely under
control. swiftness of apprehension,
speed Of trial, prompt and inescapa-
BILE punishment, have proved effec-
tive deterrents? And does 1t not sug-
gest q line of procedure which we
might profitably follow?
While I was in Paris attended
murder trial at the Assize Court for
the District Of the Seine. One ran
had killed another in a quarrel about
girl. The defendant claimed that
it was a case of self-defense. There
were three judges on the bench.
There were IL jurors in the box.
There were five alternate jurors in at
tendance available to replace any who
might become i'll or otherwise in
capacitated. The trial lasted less
than three days. The judges charge
was completed in 10 minutes. He
submitted four written interrogatories
to which the jurors, after a delibera-
ton Of Is minutes. returned negative
answers. The defendant was there
upon brought into court and informed
that he had been acquitted. He bowed
his Acknowledgements, was assessed
one franc in damages to be paid the
family Of the deceased and that was
that. And let us note that he had
been in Jail since the crime was COM
mitted, and that even had his alleged
offense been a lesser one, he would
not have been out on bail.
Less Abuse Of Bail.
I notice that in France and else
where there Is no such abuse Of bail
as is all too common in tie United
States. When a man is charged with
crime and placed in detention until
brought to trial, he is anxious to have
his case heard. His attorneys are not
interested in postponements and legal
technicalities. In the United States
when a defendant charged with a
serious offense Is admitted to bail. it
Is all too often a fact that public
opinion becomes Indifferent, witnesses
disappear, die or lose their memories
and the initiative of pros secUtion is
dissipated.
do not suggest that the bail sys-
tenn be abandoned. but I do suggest
that those who wish to improve the
administration Of criminal justlc, in
The United States might well turn
their attention to the outrages COM
mitted against justice in abuse of the
privilege Of bail, an abuse that SO
often has no other result than to per-
NIT persons guilty Of crime to escape
punishment. Both our civil and our
criminal methods of procedure are
sadly in need of reformation.
In the conferences which I was
privileged to hold with cabinet minis
ters of European governments. with
judges and with police officials, I
Evening star., 1935-10-29

number Of fingerprint cards filed each
day at Scotland Yard is between 200
and 300, while the most recent re-
port from the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation shows that the Depart
! ment OF Justice Is receiving as high
as 3,700 day These figures of them
selves suggest the greater scope Of
crime in the United States, the vast
geographical extension of criminal
operations, the almost infinite possi-
bilities of a criminals losing himself
in a land where passports and other
methods of personal Identification are
unknown, and the Importance Of hav-
ing least one focal point for the
exchange of criminal information,
such as is now represented by our
Federal Bureau Of Investigation at
Washington.
French Methods Studied.
My visit to the famous Surete Ma
tionale in Paris was an intensely in
teresting experience. One could not
fail to be impressed by the alertness
of its representatives and the infinitely
painstaking methods in vogue. France,
I should say, Is one of the most diff
ficult countries In the world in which
one may become lost. Its wide-f1ung
method of personal check, its cards OF
identity. its registration through
hotels, lodging houses and "the con-
cierge system" are of great assistance
in police work. though hardly adapta-
BILE to the genius of our own institu-
tions. 1t suggests, however, the ad-
visibility of extending the voluntary
civil fingerprint system recently estab-
lished in the Department Of Justice
and in which we already have re-.
corded about $4,000 fngerprints Of
reputable persons in all walks Of life.
predict that this method Of record
ing identities will be resorted to more
and more generally as its merits, as
a protective measure for the benefit
of the average citizen. become in
creasingly manifest.
The police system of Belgium Is
not unlike that Of France in its broad
outlines; and it is highly effective.
The School Of Criminology at Brus-
sells is an admirable institution and
includes in its curriculum q course
of instruction for magistrates.
have heretofore recommended to
the Congress, in connection with a
proposed Bureau Of Crime Prevention,
a course of training for United States
attorneys, United States marshals and
United States commissioners, though
the approval of the project has thus
far been withheld. I am still hope
full, however. that I shall be able to
make progress along that line.
100000 Prisoners in U. S.
During the course of my trip I in
quired concerning the number of
prisoners in the countries I visited.
I found that in England and Wales
there are about 1000 persons in
penal confinement, in Belgium about
1000 and in France between 10000
and $4,000. How many prisoners do
you suppose there are in the United
States? The appalling answer is about
100000. In other words, on an ad-
justed basis of relative population the
United States has seven times as
many persons in prison as England,
four times as many as Belgium and
more than twice as many as France.
This is a staggering fact. discredita-
BILE fact, fact that stares all Of us
in the face.
Manifestly, we have not met our