The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-20
BY TALCOTT POWELL
Editor of The Times

Copyright The Indianapolis Tines N
WE have not made single arrest for 100
a serious crime in the past year"
the big police chief of Twas model town
of Norris told me. "Since last May, we l@a9
have arrested SO people. All of them were
charged either with traffic violation or
with public ntoxcation. There have been no
felonies in this town. What is the most serious
piece of violence?"
Chief Kenneth Rause grinned. "I suppose the time
hit of the bus drivers in the eye An arrest
to is always the last thing to do We try to solve
every problem without making arrest if we can"
The Norris police force is the sociologsts dream of
what law enforcement body should be- Of course all
of its Is members carefully selected by physical and
mental examinations They average % years old and the
education high with year college.
Chief Rause himself was an al-Amerca football man
and not only college graduate but has taken three
years of graduate work in psychology and police admins
tration He practically carries but one look
at his magnificent physique and extremely abe-appearing
fists would be enough to awe any transgressor
incidentally, he has never had to use those fists.
DoL1cE Headquarters at Norris have all of the usual
paraphernalia, including squad radios riot
and projectors but these weapons the chief declared
merely for in outside gangsers dropped
In to make raid on the Credit Union Bank or the pay
roll
The ordinary policeman would be amazed if he took
look the library Norris headquarters Shelf after shelf
filled with police reports and documents from all
the world including the British Police Journal Then too
authoritative works abnormal and
criminal psychology Still another section is devoted to
scholarly works municipal and state government
Chief Rause noticed me looking his library.
Yes" he said, my read good deal in their of
time but don't get the idea that Boy Scouts We
have 'Gnats Eye Club and eight of our have al
ready qualified"
To belong to the "Gnas Eye Club" must hit three
out of five at 20 yards and shoot double zero
buckshot swinging wire 20 feet twice out of five
times
TINE town of Norris a miniature picture of what
cety in Tennessee Valley should actually be like
TWAS plan economy of abundance be carried
approaches it by highway, the natural beauties
which unmarried by sign boards and unsghty bar
becue hot dog stands. There wooden barracks
set on a knoll grove of trees. Here the single men
who are workers the dam live.
There are 152 houses for the married and their
families These range from three to eight rooms and rent
for from $3.50 to $40 month All wired for electricity
and the most modern type of plumbing and water
supply.
The larger have two baths sleeping porcheS and
living with big freplaces. No two homes alike
The building materials range all the from STEEL native
stone brick, cinder blocks to frame.
Those having from five to eight completely
electrified Even the heating done by electricity
The housewife does not need to downstairs to
shake the ashes the while her husband is
away at If the house gets too cold, all she has to
do is turn switch.
TINE interesting thing about all this is that the cleo
trical distribution system the will have paid
for itself the end of IA and the actual cost Of