Evening star., 1937-10-04
BOARDS OF PAROLE.
RAKED BY HOOVER
Interfering Me eddIers"
Who Intercede for Prison.
erS Hit by F. B. |. Head.
BY the Associated Presx.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, October Al. Edgar
Hoover, chief Of the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation, blasted today at
interfering meddlers" who intercede
for criminals and at "convict-cod-
ding, sentimental, silly parole boards"
who free prisoners uuwisely.
Hoover told the International ASso-
ciation Of Police Chiefs about q citizen
in the West who secured the release
OF suspect, but found later the man
had spent most Of his life in jail and
was still wanted.
There Is not one Of you who IS
not afflicted with this interfering sort
Of good fellow" Hoover said. II
suggest that these interfering med
dlers be called on the carpet and
shown just what they have done
to impede the efficiency OF your de-
partment.
Parole Called Common Foe.
"One Of our common foes in con-
nection with proper law enforcement
remains the administration of parole
as it Is practiced in too many of
our States.
Our parole scandals are un-Amer-
can. 1t is = filthy betrayal of the
American people to practice the easy,
ill-considered release Of dangerous
felons we must consecrate our
selves to q never lending battle against
this Shiny, unwholesome and utterly
reprehensible condition"
Newspapers, Hoover continued, are
one Of the policeman's greatest aids
and one OF our best friends" although
they are sometimes 4 stumbling block
in the pursuit of q criminal
Urges Newspaper Cooperation.
Cooperation Of newspaper publish
ers, he said, is necessary Ito Withstand
the attacks Of criminal or political
elements when these subversive forces
attempt to decry the police depart
ment as an inefficient or domineering
organization"
Chief Leon v. Jenkins Of Portland.
Greg, told more than a thousand
chiefs that they handled public dis
orders by trial and error"
Careful Study Needed.
We have got to learn how to teach
our police officers the proper attitude
toward both sides in a controversy.
Chief Jenkins continued. We have
got to study carefully the kinds of
police equipment-horses, tear gas.
riot sticks-and find out which type
suits the situation. We have got to
study police tactics. how many men
TO use, how to use them, and so on :"
An open discussion, with emphasis
on handling strike disorders, will be
led Thursday by Chicago's commits
sloner OF police. James P. Altman. and
New York's commissioner, Lewis J..
Valentine.
Turning to other police problems.
Chief Jenkens declared. mo magic
formula has yet been devised to solve
the traffic problem.
Juvenile Delinquency Problem.
He suggested resolution be adopted
in appreciation of contributions re-
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finance the study Of traffic problems.
The problem of juvenile delin-
/ quency, said Jenkins, is not one that
can be solved by the police depart
ment alone.
In many Of our cities right now
the police are arresting children for
playing on the streets because the
school Fairgrounds are closed at 3 or
4 O'Clock in the afternoon; and we
see church auditoriums locked up in
the evening by the same ministers
who complain about young boys and
girls going to roadhouses to drink and
| dance.
These examples show one thing
very clearly - namely, that juvenile
delinquency cannot be decreased un-
less all OF the agencies in the COM
munity work together"