Evening star., 1962-10-08
MurrayWiII Confer
On Seekers Of Job
Police Group
Picks Tumm as
$l6,5OO Director


he will meet with the District
Commissioners Friday to dis
cuss what should be done about
officers, who have been trying
to get his job.
He spoke to The Star by
phone today from st. Louis,
Mo-, where he is attending a
meeting of the international
Association of Police Chiefs.
Yesterday, the Associations
executive board chose Quinn
Tamrn, acting executive direc-
tor of the group, to fill the
SIC, ,500-a-year post perma-
nently.
Mr.. Tamm retired as assist
ant director of the FBI in 1861
after 26 years with the Bureau.
A native of Seattle, Wash,
he has lived in the Washing
ton, d. Co area Tor many years.
Chief Murray had been
prominently mentioned as q
candidate for the post but he
reiterated today that he had
not been an applicant.
Irritated by Endorsements
Rumors that, he might leave
his $1S,000-a-year job as chief
led to efforts on the part Of
other members Of the depart
ment to get themselves into
line for the post if he left.
II know the Commissioners
have been irritated by receiv-
ing Endorsements of applicants
| for a job that was not vacant"
Chief Murray said.
"I will also say that I can't
understand why an issue has
been made of my possible re-
tirement. This question is not
being constantly raised in re-
gard to other officeholders."
Chief Murray is 81. COM
pulsory retirement, age for the
chief in the District is 64. !,
The chief declined to discuss
what disciplinary action might
be taken against those who
! have cast a covetous eye on
! the post he holds. That, he
: said, would be up to the Com
missioners.
Some of the rumors that
Chief Murray might retire to
: take a Job with the associa-
~ ton have stemmed from his
disagreement with critics OF
: the way he is doing his Job.
# One of these disagreements Il
% ever the question of so-callec
d investigative arrests. A COM
4 dlmittee of lawyers recently rec
i commended that the practice
!, of holding suspects for ques-
: tioning before taking them be-
! fore a Judge be halted. Chief
= Murray has argued that this
would make the job of the
police almost impossibly diff
r cult.
' Commissioner Walter" N. To-
: briner said Saturday that the
4 Commissioners may soon put
|, the committees recommends
2 tions into practice despite warn
i ings not to from some members
n of Congress.
' Mallory Rule
!, The other major disagree
q ment concerns the Mallory Rule
}. which limits the use of con-
Z lfessions obtained from a sus-
Ipect. Chief Murray feels this
: is a severe handicap to his
: department.
. 7 Late last week. in the Kill
Tough case, the Court of APP
8 peals carried the Mallory rul-
it ing one further step. 1t ruled
IS that a second, voluntary, con-
a fession, obtained after a sus-
e pect had appeared before q
r Judge, could not be used as
evidence If a confession had
been obtained before a Judge
had advised him of his rights
A minority of the court Bit
/ terly criticized the majority de-
cision and Chief Murray said
, he agreed with the minority
Asked if he thought any
compromise could be worked
out with those who disagret
= with him over the questions ol
investigative arrests and con-
4 feSsions, he said:
n "It is up to those who pro-
pose these changes to come W
o with compromises. Or the!
l. should take the consequence
n of their action.
IS IF there is not some alterna'
IS tive, it will make our job mucl
i more difficult"