Evening star., 1940-09-22
WHO SAYS COPS ARE TOUGH?
by HENRY H. CURRAN
GvdN
Chief Magistrate, City Of New York

comfortable thought would be easy up here among the
bright lights.
rs it your coat" asked OShea after pause
Sure said OShea shamefacedly-
sent the boy the hospital and told OShea go home
week later when the boy back to court the proba
ton officer whispered 'OShea saved the kid life
putting that him. That's wlatthe doctor said And
Judge OShea got the kid good job in Baltimore with bit
of change to send him back
But don't ask OShea about it. He'll deny it. that hefty
St. Martin in the fields of Fifty fourth Street If press
him - look out! He is saint when reused.
OF course, there cops and cops Some better than
Others But I've lot of them and I've to know that
tough exterior often hides what's down inside.
LIVERY year at Chrstmastime the cops in New York do
their toy job They begin in September gathering the
broken toys of the children of the rich by personal appeal
house to house. Then they mend the spare time The
remen help At Christmas they give the toys away to the
children of the poor Last year little over HUNDRED
thousand toys that mendd and given away bradew
and shiny and straight from Santa Claus
When June the and enen put on their annual
ball game at the Polo Grounds They out crack teams
and for that day it and quarter between the
two forces until the game over People pay to see that
game and the money goes to relief funds all of except
tenth of one per cent for expense.
The next step the planting separate parts of the
in every police staonhoue in the city When the vtabe
daily word comes from paroman on post that over IN
Bnkety Street there three children and mother with
and no food since yesterday sergeant goes out gets
the food and gives it to the hungry family them what
else they need at In another day the emergency
relief bureau of the Welfare Department handle the
affair but that another day. The cops take of today
There is card index to look up just the family to fix up
Lives saved that perhaps or two day. The
amount of money sometimes dollar often two dollars
occasionally five dollars full report is made. Most
people don't know that this of thing goes but why
should they? The desperate little families know The cops
know but they won't tell.
little while cop found father and mother, str
in the big CITY, pushing baby carriage along West Street.
down by the DOCKS at three ook the morning There
sick baby in the carriage Not another soul awake in
West Street 1t cold and dark The father and mother
pushing slowly falterng, tired.
When the could get story at all out of them for they
spoke English he pushed the carriage himself around to the
statonhouse with the tired father and mother following In
the statonhouse the cops got the story Then they dug
the necessary money each cop giving what he could The fall
terng family has found light SINCE instead of that
darkness by the docks.
When the story got around the department. through the
grapevine captain called up from headquarters to
burse the cops from the relief fund He found he off.
Annoyed he called up again and cut off again. On the
fifth attempt he got the lieutenant in command.
whats the big dea?' beloved the captain.
Shut up, answered the lieutenant.
WHAT
II said shut up repeated the elenant, friend of the
captains and highly insubordinae Its water under
the bridge DONE he added THE cops won't talk can't
make en- They say forget nobOdys damned business
Who says cops tough?