Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

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to the maximum protection
from the Police Department.
From the officer who is a
resident of the community in
which he works, the District
receives financial returns
from taxes, more money for
District firms, plus the serv-
ices of the officer during
his off-duty hours, when he
is circulating in the streets,
going to his church, social
clubs and to neighborhood
stores. He could be of service
to clubs for boys in helping
to stimulate good habits in
the youths of the community,
therefore making his job a
safer one and helping to
establish a better relation
ship between the Police De-
partment and the commu-
nifty. This better elationship
is urgently needed now.
We further feel that the
District government should
use the services of those per-
sons who have demonstrated
strong leadership in the COM
munity to help direct the
amateur criminal away from
this path to human destruc-
ton.
Edward J. MacClane,
President, Midway Civic Asso-
citation, Inc.
X
The Commissioners propose
the use of reserve corps po-
licemen in an effort to COM
bat rising crime in the Dis
trict. Such a proposal seems
both overdue and necessary.
II the plan is put into
execution, the personnel
should be used solely for the
purpose of patrolling the
streets of the city. Under
no circumstances should re-
serve policemen be used to
serve as traffic officers for
the convenience of commut-
ers. If used as recommend
ed by the Commissioners, the
reserve corps could be very
effective in Kidding our streets
OF thuggish teen-agers.
Myra A. Lotion.
X u II
I should like to reply to
the letter signed "Concerneds
regarding the Case of the
Maynard Bus Passengers"
The attack on Bus Driver
Powell is reprehensible, re-
grettable and uncondoned.
The guilty parties should be,
and I'm sure will be, pun
ished.
To intelligent minds, this
attack is not an indictment
of the Negro race, as appar-
emily it is to Concerned" He
says that ITO these people
we have been urged and or
dered to open our neighbour
hoods, our schools, our recre-
alton, our lives" I thought
that properties supported by
taxes belonged equally and
jointly to the people paying
those taxes. I think, too,
that it is repugnant that in
a country dedicated to the
proposition that all men are
created equal" such organiza-
tons as the NAACP and
CORE are still necessary.
Actually the fact tn a t
Concerned" is still privileged
to say "our schools, our
neighborhood, our recrea-
tion," just might be one of
the fuses that sets off these
horrible attacks.
S. Nelson.
Il II X u
I read with keen interest
your editorial, "Washington's
Thugs" concerning crime in
Washington.
1t seems odd that the area
that is the home of the
United States Army, United
States Navy, United States Air
Force, United States Marines,
Defense Department, Con-
gress, the President, United
States Supreme Court, the
FBI, CHA, embassies from all
over the world, etc., should
be in a state of siege after
dark by callous youth. Sure
ly this is not the America
that men in World Wars I
and II died for. Let us act
now and bring the spirit of
America and the principles of
America into full force in
Washington, so that all visi-
tors - national and interna-
tional-will feel secure.
Albert Price.
y X y
Excellent police work under
Captain Kutner has resulted