Evening star., 1945-12-16


patrons. Des Moines has lined up def
mite remedies that have not been di-
vulged, for, says r. w. Nebergall, chief
of the Iowa Criminal Investigation De-
partment, whats the use of warning
the hoodlums?" In Baltimore all blue
coats are being required to take q re-
fresher course set up with the assist
ance of the FBI.
To avert any outbreaks of racial vio-
lence Cincinnati police recently set up
a race relations squad, st. Louis police
have eased tension by series of good
will talks
A distinctive form of control for the
misdemeanors of veterans is in use in
Georgia, where the State veterans serv-
ice has installed a system under which
many country judges probate to the
agency any veterans convicted of crime.
In the last year only one of 1873 veterans
thus probated violated his parole. The
service now is trying to extend the same
plan to recorder and police judge courts.
Teen-age Canteens Help.
A wide variety of treatments are being
used to curb teen-age wrongdoing.
Police have established boys clubs and
recreational programs in communities
including Baltimore, Hartford, Column
bus, st. Paul and Indianapolis. Teen
age canteens of various types are active
in Albany, N. Y; Pittsburgh, Nashville,
Knoxville, Indianapolis, Birmingham,
st. Louis and Seattle.
Salt Lake City has had considerable
success with program set up five years
ago, in which youth clubs supervise
activities and even mete out fines to
youthful lawbreakers.
Programs to convert juvenile courts
from strict tribunals into advice clinics
are in use in Washington, Chattanooga
and North Carolina. Kansas City and
Chattanooga police set up youth bureaus
with similar obiectives last spring and
have reported good results.
Iowa Gov. Robert D. Blue has had
district judges make study and SUBJ
init recommendation for alleviating the
juvenile problem. The Mississippi Chill
dren's Code Commission, recently named
by Gov Thomas L. Bailey. is preparing
legislation to improve court procedure
for Juvenile cases.
Newspapers have shown considerable
interest in combating the juvenile prob
lem. The San Francisco Examiner, New
York Journal-American and Baltimore
News-Post sponsored youth for Christ"
rallies during the summer. The Pitts
burgh Sun Telegraph financed visit by
the Mayor and civic officials to Moline
ILL.,, to study youth program which
since has been installed through most
of the Pittsburgh area
Press Gives Aid.
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has
maintained a continuous drive for addi-
tional Fairgrounds. and the Los Angeles
Examiner has given considerable pub
licity to case histories benefited by its
recreational program.
Editorials in st. Louis newspapers are
credited by officials with having helped
ease race tension.
The Baltimore News-Post also has
pressed for teen-age clubs and increased
recreational facilities, while the Indian
apolis Star devotes a weekly column to
encouraging youth club activities.
The Omaha News Herald developed
an extended series of articles on juvenile
delinquency, coupled with the sugges-
tions of authorities for cures, which was
followed by the Mayor appointing a
city-wide committee pledged to reversing
the upward trend in delinquency. The
South Bend Tribune interviewed rs
school students on the causes of teen
age mischief and ran series on the
findings.
How long the present tendency of in
creasing crime will continue Is matter
of discussion. Some officials who rely
on the cycle theory think it will run its
course in a period of months. Balti-
more Police Commissioner Hamilton R.
Atkinson expected percentages to con-
tinue rising for relatively short period,
but John A. Lyons. New York State
commissioner of correction, doesn't ex-
pect State prisons to reach top popula-
ton for 2 or years.
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