Evening star., 1958-02-03

God is needed. Let the min
listers preach less Of reform
and more Of Christ If they
really want to help.
Howard Wesley Kiefer, DID,,
Alexandria Bible
Protestant Church.
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Representative Hoffman
says women would be safer
on the streets If they carried
police whistles. How ridicu-
lous! What good is a whistle
in a woman's pocket or purse,
and who wants to walk
around with a whistle in her
mouth?
President Eisenh owe
stopped violence in Little
Rock with the 101st, Airborne.
Why desn't he use it here
to stop violence?
Arthur r. Bryant.
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An item in The Star tells
Of an old man being slugged
and robbed on his porch. and
Of purse snatchings. Repre-
sentative Hoffman advises
women to carry police
whistles in Washington. A
letter to the editor suggests
we need martial law to pro-
tect men and women Of the
streets. A news item from
New York tells Of rape in
the schools there.
A native Of Montana, I now
think / never understood the
problem. After seven years
in the East, I am beginning
to wonder: Is this really why
the South is prejudiced?
Reader.
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Like many other inarticu-
late readers, / want to thank
The Star for printing the
article, boy Proves He Needs
No Lesson in Honesty" on
the front page of the Janu-
ary % issue. It is hearten-
ing to read such a story, and
it will point the way to other
young people on how to ap-
prehend wrongdoers and to
help keep down the crime
rate in Washington.
Stella J. Horton.
I am a citizen who endeav-
ors to obey the laws, pay my
bills and get along with my
coworkers, friends and neigh
bors. I take care Of my fam
lily and home and try to live
a respectable life.
I am tired of reading Of
muggings, purse snatchings.
rape attacks, accidents caused
by drunken driving or dope
addicts, holdups Of children.
etc. Can you walk alone at
night on the streets of the
Capital of these great United
States? Can you allow your
wife or daughters to come
home unescorted? Can you be
sure, even though you obey
all traffic regulations and
laws, that you will not be-
come involved in an accident
because the driver of the
other car is drunk or doped?
(And later declared insane0
When anyone attempts to
steal the hard-earned prop
erty Of another, whether on
the street or in his home, as
we'll as doing bodily harm to
the victim, the thief should
be permanently taken out Of
society.
There seems to be little
hope of relief from the courts.
Let's get the human mad
. dogs of the streets for good
and make Washington a safe
place to live and walk and
welcome visitors. We either
need new laws. or the loop
holes plugged in the present
laws, or new judges and much
less emphasis on the guess
work Of psychiatrists.
Law Abiding.
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The Star has taken the
initiative to curb crime in
the Capital. Please allow us
all to join in this campaign.
I have lived here for 40 years
and now I am frightened and
apprehensive. No fair-think-
ing person could lay the
blame on our fine Police De-
partment or on its excellent
Chief Murray. The blame
belongs to the Supreme Court
for such rulings as the NAL
lory decision. I am even
afraid to go to church at
Sixteenth and P streets NV.
Mrs. L. r. Herfurth.
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The crime problem is in
our judiciary, where so many
known criminals are freed on
taehnicalitiea that F1olirasnow