Evening star., 1937-01-22
Tells State Governments
Council 1t Is Major
Step Forward.
UNIFORM REGULATIONS
: ON TRANSMITS URGED
Reciprocal Agreements Covering
Migrant Worker for Same
Firm Is Suggested.

neither final nor complete" but under
its provisions the Nation has in
single year made greater advance
than at any time in our history toward
security for its people, Chairman John
G. Winant of the Social Security
Board said today in an address be-
fore third general assembly of the
Council of State Governments.
Winant was introduced as a former
president of the assembly, having
served in this capacity during his
tenure as Governor Of New Hampshire.
Discussing Federal-State co-opera-
ton in social security, Winant sup
ported the report of the councils
Interstate Commission on Social Sc
curity. which recommended uniform
State laws affecting stranded tram
sients, the transfer of dependents and
aid to the Indians.
Winant cited as three other prob
lens facing the States in social secur-
ity those of the migrant worker who
has worked in more than one State
for the same employer, the unemployed
man who has established compensa-
ton rights in another State, and the
frequent migrant who has not worksd
any place long enough to be entitled
to compensation.
The first, he said, can be solved
definitely by a reciprocal agreement
between the States The others offer
he said.
! IF there is any enterprise calling
for greater cooperation between the
Federal, State and local governments"
Winant said. 'it is in the field of
general welfare. and particularly So
cial security. The social security act
represents our first attempt to plan
a minimum of economic security for
our citizens"
The report of the Interstate Com
mission on Social Security was deliv-
cred by William j. Ellis, chairman,
commissioner of institutions and
agencies Of New Jersey.
Cummings Speaks.
Attorney General Cummings, speak
ing before the assembly this morn
ing, described the recent steps
taken by the Federal Government
to organize the fight on crime
and declared 'the movement for
"a unified, integrated, consistent
and effective administration of criIni-
nal justice is making real strides. And
while We shall meet with obstacles
and make mistakes in this empirical
process of accommodating modern law
enforcement to the eXigencieS of our
complex scheme of government, we
can feel confident that the principles
Of our approach are sound"
Before Cummings spoke, Vice Presi-
dent Garner made a brief address.
Cummings declared that public
opinion is alive to what We are doing.
1t awaits results.
ut is beginning to realize that no
magic formula for the solution of the
problem Of crime exists. It expects
each of us in his own field, and each
maintaining cooperative contact with
the others, to contribute to our COM
mon purpose"
Judge Richard Hartshorne of New
ark, N. j., who sits on the Essex
County IN. j. Common Pleas Court
bench, acted as chairman of the crime
meeting. He advocated expansion of
the Civilian Conservation Corps to
include Junior camps for boys between
and l6 years old in order to care
for the adolescent boy who hasn't the
proper home environment"
Report on Crime.
! Attorney General Cummings speech
was followed by report for the coun-
ellis Interstate Commission on Crime,
delivered by Judge Richard Hartshorne
of Newark, N. j., commission chair
man. Winant was preceded at II
am. by William j. Ellis, commissioner
of institutions and agencies Of New
Jersey, who delivered the report for
the Interstate Commission on Social
Security. Gov. Robert E. Quinn of
Rhode Island presided over the session
on crime.
The need of cooperation between
the States was stressed in dinner
address last night by State Senator
T. v. Smith of Illinois.
To Continue Throughout Sunday.
Commission and committee meet
ings occupied yesterdays session of
the council, which will continue
through Sunday.
The Interstate Commission on
Crime discussed yesterday proposed
uniform State laws affecting fresh
pursuit" of criminals, extradition, re-
moval of out-of-State witnesses and
out-of-State paroles supervision.
The haven which criminals from
one State often find "ackoss the line"
in a neighboring State would exist no
more If the fresh pursuit" law be-
came universal among the States. It
would provide that officers of one
State, pursuing a felon or suspected
felon, could follow him across State
line and in another State arrest and
hold him in custody with the same
authority as an officer Of the State
into which the fugitive fed.
The other proposed laws would
facilitate extradition of persons
charged with felonies, make 1t easier
to obtain witnesses from other States
for trial testimony, and provide for
interstate compacts whereby the
parole officers of one State would
supervise paroled criminals from
another State.
Judge Hartshorne recommended to-
day that the council 60 on record as
indorsing these proposals.
Conflicting taxation was discussed
yesterday at a meeting presided over
by Mark Graves, president Of the
New York State Tax Commission. He
suggested q so-called "credit" system
might be used to eliminate conflicts
between State and Federal taxes.