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vinced its findings and recon-
mendations will result in material
improvement in law enforcement
here.
Permanent Subcommittee Urged.
Mr.. Davis said he will recon-
mend to Congress the establish
ment of a permanent Subcommit-
tee on law enforcement as part of
the House District Committee to
carry on the work of his special
subcommittee.
The subcommittee, in singing out
the gambling situation for special
attention, declared that the ap-
parent ease with which notorious
characters known to the police
and to the community to be pro-
fessional gamblers go about un-
molested, without fear of the po-
lice" shows just how effective po-
lice and other agencies are in deal
ing with gamblers.
During its hearings last March.
the subcommittee spent days lis
tening to charges and counter
charges growing out of a police
captains story.
Warning Testimony Cited.
Capt. Anthony Richitt testified
that Emmitt Warning, the reputed
gambler, told him that Police
Chief Robert j. Barrett had told
Warning that the subcommittee
was concerned about the lack of
gambling arrests in the Seventh
and Third Precints. Capt. Richitt
also testified that Warning made
gestures and statements indicat-
ing a bribe attempt. Maj. Bar
rett subsequently denied he had
told Warning anything and War
ring denied he had quoted Maj.
Barrett or offered a bribe.
During the hearings, it was also
brought out that Capt. Beverly
Beach of the Seventh Precinct
told Warning about the commit
tees interest in the lack of gam
bling arrests and that Inspector
George r. Wallrodt also met and
talked with Warning but did not
question him.
The committee closed its hear
ings without getting involved in
subsequent charges that the
record books at the Third Pre-
cinct-which Capt. Richitt COM
manded before his transfer-had
been altered. Steering clear Of
that aspect of the case, the sub
committee focused on the testi-
mony by and about Warning.
Quoting from the Richitt testi-
mony on the bribe attempt, the
report commented:
Despite this frank gambit, the
officer apparently made no at
tempt to take the alleged would
be bribe giver into custody"
The report declared that little
if anything. has been done to
scratch the surface of gambling
and said that probably explains
why a notorious gambler "can
circulate freely not alone without
fear of the police. but also men,
tally disposed to friendship to-
ward police officials
Special Court Section Urged.
When members of the COM
manding echelon of the force
disclose to gamblers inquiries
touching upon the activities of
the force and when an inspector
solicitously refrains from inter
rogating such a character. when
| it appears that the inter-relation-
ship of minor miscreants. bonds
men and lawyers is such as to in,
dicate significant direction of such
persons and that these have not
been explored and when it appears
that fines and probationary terms
fail to suppress gambling opera
tions. it would seem time for a
thorough overhauling of all law
enforcement effort in that sphere
for the good of such agencies and
the broader benefit of the COM
munity," the report declared.
In addition TO recommending
that an inspector be put in charge
of the vice squad instead of cap
tain, the committee proposed that
the police work closely with the
prosecutor at all stages of anti
gambling activities, that section
of the courts be set aside for
gambling cases so there will be
more uniformity in punishment
and that the records of convicted
gamblers be examined to learn the
identity Of associates.
The subcommittee also urged
legislation providing that any per-
sonal property used by gamblers
in violating the law may be seized
and forfeited That would include
their cars and money.
The report was sharply critical
of bondsmen who 'have flagrantly
operated as an arm of the criminal
element" Some of the issues
raised oy the subcommittee were
settled last week when the judges
OF District Court set up a new
code for bondsmen requiring them,
among other things, to keep Ger
titled records showing the names
of individuals who pay the
premium for a defendants bond
in criminal case.
! The subcommittee, however,
recommended legislation that
bondsmen who fail to make de-
tailed record are liable to a fine
of up to $500, Imprisonment for
not more than six months, or both
and shall I've disqualified from the
bonding business for as long as
the trial Judge directs.
Fictitious Records Charged.
The report declared that hired
numbers writer's get special rates
from bondsmen and the full rate
is assessed only against those who
operate on their own initiative.
''The evidence is overwhelming, I"
said the report, that many pro-
fessional bcndsmen have con-
sistently maintained fictitious rec