Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-25
You Can't CoddIe Rioters

You Can't CoddIe Rioters
livery effort Of every law enforcement Official in
/. Michigan should be directed toward preventing
recurrence ~ the noting that parayzed Detroit sunday
l5t AID Ma~oaH ~
First order ~ business for the governor and the
-r7v-r and zn police heads and all military officials with
V-rar Jurisdiction should be to perfect definite plans
r.- PREVENTING further nots. rather than stopping
.re. r- ,r .ve0 that ans future disturbances should
fare .r. THE AtTHORITIES SHOULD BE FULLY
rprrtrt1 ~0 srANP THEM OFT IMMEDIATELY.
N. 0- state and city officials acted sincerely and
-..-,sr- .aer best Judgment m their handling Of the
,.-.crs a.. tuck tae, were TOO lenent
A. believe man, lives might have been saved had
5.= 5t75 s.eTH'E more promptly.
DHaurIl after midnight sunday. when the trouble
y aas arI $3.50 o~ 1hree hours old precinct police
inspector W. te very heart Of the riot area reported to
,s 81. norars tnst r. had gone out Of hand
Pea chen he soldiers from Rouge Park had been
.sH' IN the uo.ng could have been stopped
EBat because or some lrexphcabe lack OF determine
ton unity IF opinion among public officials the federal
army mon were no. sent INTO action for nearly "a hours
with The not growing scope and violence every hour
in the meantime
And # there is doubt IN anybodys mind about the
eHieeHp-at tRe soldiers should be remembered THE
RIOTING STOPPED THE MOMENT THEY APPEARED
on THE SCENE.
r ERTAINLY the soldiers should stay on the lob as
- long as there remains the slightest danger of more
trouble Their presence incldeny should in no wise De
considered a reflection the ability or inclination Of
Detroit police
Detroit police behaved splendldly, without exception,
There Just were enough of them Ia ga aFeuRdThet
were alert and eager and brave and they demon
srated the that they tough people to anee
with when the curb rein is taken off them.
They acted the way they always should act to thugs
and rowdes and hoodums and it the earnest hope Of
decent citizens that they will continue so to act.
This newspaper suggested less than two weeks ago,
l that Detroit police and Detroit courts could help
great deal toward discouragng young hoodums and
potential rioters by treating them more roughly.
We repeat the suggestion now and we must empha-
the fact that the persons involved IN thus weeks ds
graceful rlOtng the lowest scum OF the white and
Negro population of Detroit.
They did not represent, in any the vast decent
ma iory Of either They were thugs and rowdles
spelling for trouble The only practical way for any
society to deal with such irresponsible clements TO give
them trouble than they bargain for and give 1t 10
them AT ONCE
MISGUIDED humanitarian groups already are closing
wi their eyes to the plain and ugly facts about the
Detroit roting
They are codding the cuprits and trying to make
excuses for them They saying they were led astray
by cunning fifth COlumniSt propagandlsts.
THAT Is SIMPLY NOT TRUE
Fifth columnists got lot of aid and comfort out Of
the disturbance but they did not inspire It.
It preciptated by Negro and white thugs who
under any circumstances but especially under the CIR
cumstances of Deroit's Importance as war production
deserve consideration except harsh and mmed-
ate punishment
You Coddle rioters of their type without laying
the groundwork for more riots.
The governor and the mayor and the military must
realize that now, If they didn't before Sunday.