The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-04
POLICE CHIEFS
OF NATION TO
GET TOGETHER
Wartime Law Enforcement
Taken Up al Conference
by Many Agencies

time law enforcement problems and
anticipated postwar problems will
be discussed by police executives and
government officials at the 50th an
nual conference of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police Aug
ust Gil at the Hotel Statler in
Detroit.
Police executives attending the
conference will be welcomed by
Mayor Edward F. Jeffries, of De-
troit. at the opening session Aug
ust 9. 81
Following a message from the I. A.
I C. P. President, Chief Joseph t.
owens, of Rome, N. Y, police rep
resentatives from England, Canada
and Mexico will speak.
Heads of two federal government
law enforc e m ent investigating
agencies, j. Edgar Hoover, of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
Frank j. Wilson, of the u. S. Secret
Service, will address the conference.
Mr.. Hoover will speak on Monday,
and Mr. Wilson on Tuesday.
Representatives of the Office of
Civilian Defense, the Office of De-
fense Transportation, the War De-
partInent, the Federal Bureau of
investigation, municipal, county and
state police will take part in a
panel discussion evaluating police
emergency procedures at the Mon
day afternoon session.,
Highway Responsibility
Police Responsibility in Highway
Transportation" will be the subject
of a panel. discussion Tuesday morn
ing, August 10. Leaders in the fields
of public safety, conservation and
law enforcement who have been in
vited to participate are Norman Da-
mon, Vice President OF the Automo
tive Safety Foundation, who will act
as Chairman, Sidney Williams. Gen
eral Manager of the National Safety
Council, b. r. Caldwell, head of the
Traffic Division of the Los Angeles
Police, r., " Annett, of the New
York State Troopers, John j. Nash,
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for
Illinois and President of the Am
erican Association Of Motor Vehicle
Administrators, Ted Matson, of the
Yale Bureau of Street Traffic Re-
search, Burton Marsh, of the Am
crican Automobile Association, and
Harold Hammond, of the National
Conservation Bureau.
Traffic safety and traffic law en-
forcement will be subjects of adj
dresses by Pyke Johnson, President
of the Automotive Safety Founda-
ton, and Lew Wallace, of the Ma
tional Safety Council, Tuesday after
noon.
Panel Discussion
Also on the Tuesday afternoon
program will be panel discussion
of postwar problems OF law en-
forcement by group including
Chief Frank ]. Wilson, of the U. S.
Secret Service, Hugh H. Clegg, As
sistant Director of Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Eliot Ness, Direc-
tor of the Social Protection Section
Of the Community War Service, and
representatives of state, municipal
and provincial police of the United
States and Canada.
The entire "Wednesday morning
session will be devoted to discus
SIGN of effects OF War on Social
Standards" Various phases of the
subject will be presented by Charles
P. Taft, Director of the Community
War Service, Federal Security
Agency, Hugh H. Clegg, Assistant
Director OF the FBI, Chief Inspector
John j. O'Connell, of the New York
City Police Department, and rep
resentative of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers. Judge Cam
lille Kelley, of the Juvenile Court,
Memphis, will deliver an address.
A debate on whether police or civ
Han agencies should direct Boys
Club work, and discussion by repre-
sentatives of state and municipal
police departments will complete
the program.
Col. Pelham d. Glassford, Director
of the Internal Security Division,
Office of the Provost Marshal Gen
eral, War Department, will intro
duce discussion of the subject,
industrial and Civil Police at the
closing session Wednesday after
noon