Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-05
HOUSE D. c. BODY
VOTES APPROVAL
Of CRIME REPORT
Measure Asking Custer OF
Garnett Adopted After
Fight.
THREE POLICE HEADS
STILL ARE EXEMPTED
Age Limit for Retirement Of
Officers Is Raised TO SIS
Years.
BY JAMES F. CHM.

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House District Committee today final
lv adopted the slightly revised report
Of It's Special Crime investigating
Committee. which contains a recon-
mendation for the immediate removal
Of United States Attorney Leslie c
Garnett and his Police Court assist
ant. Karl Kindlebergcr.
The committee. however left in tho
report a previously approved amend
ment eXempIlng Police Superintendent
Ernest w Brown and Inspectors A.
bert J Headlev end Thaddeus R Bean
from the recommendation for retire
ment of police officers who have be-
come exhausted" in the service.
The committee first OVERRIDE. by 2
vote Of 9 10 e. the minority report
submitted by Representative Werner
Democrat, Of South Dakota. taking
exception to number Of recon-
mendatiOnS in the majority report
especially those calling for the re-
moyal of Garrett and KindlebergeI
and retirement of the Police Depart
ment high command The ma
jority report was adopted by the same
vote to 6.
Age Limit Set at 65.
The committee battled over the re-
port in executive session. taking up
first the controversial section recon-
mendlng retirement Of Garrett ano
Kindleberger. 1t previously had ap.
proved the first three sections, after
amending the proposal for retire
ment of all police officers above the
rank Of captain who had reached the
age of 80 In the amended report the
age limit for retirement Of these off,
GERS will be IS.
The committee. however. decided 70
rephrase the section dealing with the
Police Department TO remove an am
biguity. The amendment adopted 10
days ago. fixing the age limit for
mandatory retirement of officers at
IS. left in the report a paragraph de-
claring the Police Department high
command" should be replaced. This
paragraph will be rewritten so Maj.
Brown and Inspectors Bean and Head
ley will be removed from the recon-
mendation. All three have passed so.
AOODllOI Vi lilt IepOi l. II II uIlNFl
stood was preceded by heated de-
bate at which the friends Of Garnet
fought vigorously to prevent approval
Of the section calling for his removal.
Representative Jenckes. Democrat.
of Indiana. who supported Werners
minority report. was one Of the first
to leave the meeting. As she passed
through the door she was overheard
to say: This is the most unfair
thing I have ever seen
The committee devoted less than an
hour 10 consideration of the final
three sections of the report, having
taken up. on converting, reports from
various subcommittee. The major
portion of this time was devoted TO
discussing the recommendation for
removal of Garrett and Kindleberger.
Chairman Norton of the full Dis
triCt Committee revealed. after ap-
prOval Of the report, that she was in
strumental in having the amendment
adopted exempting Brown. Bean and
Headley from the recommendation for
retirement.
Thinks Men of so Valuable.
She explained she did not have
these officers in mind at the time the
amendment was proposed. but it was
her belief that officers who had
reached the age of so. and we're still
IN good physical condition. would be
more valuable to the Police Depart
ment than men of less experience.
Aside from the section recommend
ing removal of Garrett and Kindle-
berger, the committee also approved
sections providing for creation of q
permanent commission TO keep a con-
slant check on crime conditions In the
District, making changes in jury
service, and urging abolition Of the
indeterminate sentence and parole law
and a return to the Federal system of
parole
Section of the report. the one
which stirred protests from members
of the District bar as well as the
Virginia delegation in the House. over
the request for immediate removal of
Garnett and Kindleberger. also sug-
geStS the vigorous prosecution Of
crime here.
In order TO check the growth Of
crime in the District of Columbia" il
said. 1T is vitality important that all
criminal cases be fearlesslv. vigorously
ard speedily prosecuted So long rs
it is possible for criminals Of flnan-
cial means or influence to evade prose
cution and delay judgment, crime will
continue to increase
The report will now be transmitted
TO the House. where its fate is prob
lematical. House approval. it was
said, is not necessary because the res
olution authorizing the investigation
merely required the investigating com.
mittee to report the results Of its in
quiry during the present session Of
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