Evening star., 1949-04-17
BIick 10 Give Up
GambIingCases
Work on Vice
Resomplne OF Squod
Reported Slated After
Grond Jury QUITS
3, As,sam ot,rnhete


oeaI o. ,h< hands %! Il Boy R}aS
and a>>sgurd 10 a rn.1re insINcytor
IN q tog&tcomau& ycoggaaasStsota
oi the po.scr Dea@ ialents s3cr
squad. II saA ieaincd iaAt ntgat-
informed pollte scarves >a5a IL.
B.lek present chac. oi the tace
s9Iuad p.,i devote all hgs l.Fur -
E,.lCe aa5k ou prostitution ard
manta,une @&.hou3 Checs on
Gote,s ios su>plclossa characters
TIE mslNtIaa aha AL. tAke
o,rg the department hottest hot
potato gambling hss nc; vet
been selected
The shake-up Is uot expected
Ia lake place untl! after Tie spe-
clal grand airy which has been
inyeStlsatlng EAmhlinG tut The
past 10 months. adloufns
No Critielsm Of Men.
Police superintendent Robert J.
Barrett repoTtedh does not want
TO interfere Ia any aay with the
deliberations OF the erRnd nary nor
imply any criticism Of his o~n
men
The proposed reorganization
vii relieve Ma Barrett OF dirrCt
supervision OF gsmbilnE casa.
Principal responsibility for curb
ing gambling, under the nsN plan.
will rest on the inspector
Al present. IL Bllck has been
reporting directly to Mai Barrett
Oh both vice and gamhllne lie
viii continue 10 report Ia MAJ.
Barrett ON vice bus Wlli he re-
lieved Of all connection Slth
gambling
The inspector chosen 10 direct
the department 5 attack on gam
bling. according To police kotfices.
will be given wide authority.
He will be allowed Ia ~lest his
own men and decide when and
where raids viii be ordered
Authority on CurbinE Vice.
II Is likely that both Ii. Blirk
and the new boss OF gambling
cases will use the same under
cover agents bat they uIil he
changed frequently 10 prevent
theiE identities frem becoming
known. They siil bs drawn from
the precincts. from the police
rookie school and from other
squads
One OF the reasons advanced
for the reorganization is the ex-
pected increase In prostitution
which usually accompanies a rise
in unemployment
Ii Blick has been considered
an authority in the suppression
Of vice for years When tie was
advanced from sergeant 10 iieu-
tenant in Ig45 over more than A
score Of other serEeants senior
10 him the C!vil Service commla-
sion said the reaEsn given waa
that he was an expert
He is also said 10 have more
connections in the hotel field
than any other police officef.
Mai Barrett. IL Was learned. IL
anxious 10 maintain a constant
check on hotels IN search of out
of-town hoodlums and other I'm
savory characters.
viii Report 10 Barrett.
The arrangement for Ii. niiek
TO report directly 10 the police
superintendent instead Of going
through the schelonA OF the DE-.
tective bureau dates back several
regimes. He sak appointed TO his
present Job Of policing both vice
and gambling by the late Eupt.
Harvey @ Callahan In ig+7
Public interest was focused on
gambling 10 months azo when
I United States Attorney OeoFss
Morris Fay started his inSssti-
CATION Of what he described as q
81 90 900 900 a year gambling
racket here,
/ The special grsnd jury. ap-
pointed 10 investigate. indicted 3s
men April o. Police records. later
made public. showed that from
April. ie4G. when Mr. Pas asked
for the special grand Jury through
February. ia$a. police Eent 2JT
cases TO the regular grand Jury
and 100 Of them resulted In In
dietments.
M Pays antl-gamoilng crusade
brought q series of legal sFupslons
| from scores Of tie 5z4 telephone