The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1929, Page 10

By RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, July 20.—Although the national commission on law observ- ance and enforcement left the front page since its appointment by President Hoover and its first mect- ings last month, it has actually been hard at work, believing that it has a tremendous job to accomplish within a relatively brief period At this writing none of the cleven solely members is in Washington, but there is a staff of a dozen per: offices here, busily en: working late hours to or great study of crime and crimir tice. And nearly all the member keeping in almost daily comm tion with the offices here, for th are buzzing of being buzzed by all and sundry in their various section: who might be expected to have in- teresting ideas on the subjec crime. Thus information and gestions are being drawn first h from all over the map—the commis- sioners are from Seattle. Los Ani i) Towa, Chicago, Cleveland, New Or- leans, Atlanta, Virginia, New York and Massachusetts. ‘Set Up a Big Library Already a working lib: thousand volumes has been at headquarters, including a couple of hundred books borrowed in a raid on the library of coneress and as reports on state and munict investigations as the commission h been able to find ‘The plan of the commission has not yet been announced, but it known that there are ten main di- visions of inquiry to be pursued. Or of these is prohibition. The res all concerned with crime and inal justice. The commission has held three sets + a of meetings, the last of which 1 into early evening. At the out commissioners went through the proc- ess of getting acquainted with each other. ‘They then considered three ques- tions, your correspondent is informed What are the facts? What do they show? What are we going to do with them? | The commission's first big job is to get the facts on crime and law en- forcement. And this is no mean task. | Study of criminals in the mass, over the country, will require a long time Carried to a logical conclusion, a} study of the causes of crime would} require extensive psychiatric inves-! tigations and a thorough study of fh may not +2 obtainable. ‘any Facts Needed jon wants to know first 1 crime there really is. low-down, which is a % to obtain. It may be plugging g time trying to find out just what facts there are. nwhile, it will try to economize y and publicity. Any- to announce will consist e facts. ‘wo experts already have been en- ized investiga- Alfred Bettman, i lawyer with experience eland and Boston crime nd an expert in the field 1 prosecution. The second m Bass Warner of the se, another crim- ic experience. The ission is trying to pick three wly and carefully, can safely de- ‘dV. Harrison, an ex- came down to help nd has been one of important figures in the of the commission- on, Max Lowenthal, of the commission, is in of coordinating the rrying out the com- roup ificant facts mbers from po- litical er Chairman George W. former at- to ; could have long preme court jus- work of his crowning None of} y to hope to the decision ny oil leases— ch, 76-year-old head of the Chicago crime commission, whose only ambition is to clean up Chicago, and the world-famous Dean Roscoe Paund of Harvard are extremely un- likely to allow political consideration to influence them in any way. The same, of course, goes for President Ada L. Comstock of Radcliffe College, the only woman on the commission. In fact, its non-political complex- ion is perhaps the commission's most, notable aspect. “Very well, Colin,” shakily, after the waitress had left them alone. “What do you x Or what do you think you want “I want you—and I w with my work,” he answered. ly humble for once. “And your experience h that a woman and work very well,” Crystal reminded evenly. elia—" His face flushed darkly. ‘Celia didn’t have the ghost of an idea of what I was trying to do.” he an- swered stubbornly. “But you do tn- derstand. No professional critic has even put as accurate an appraisal up- on my work as you have. little more practice. Is there any Feason on God's earth why we two shouldn't vagabond together, working together on newspapers till we're in- dependent of them? I could teach you a whale of a lot. Crystal. about the ‘game,’ as our colleagues humor- ously call it—" “Are you asking me to marry you, Colin?” Crystal asked quietly. Neith- er had touched the soup. “Good lord! What do you think?” he exploded. “Haven't I made myself clear? Am I going to have to “Miss Hathaway, Mr. Colin Grant pre sents his compliments and wishes to; know if you will do him the honor to become his wife’? Well, it’s now, if it makes you any happier—" “Poor, furious Colin,” Crystal sym- “I'm afraid we should quarrel rather a lot, if I were so fool- | ish as to marry you: “What do you mean?” he demanded, glowering darkly at her. GOING 7A Si OLEING Agua Caliente—Rambling notes of @ New Yorker in a western Monte Carlo. . . . Dashing women in from Coronado Beach, with skins burned to’msahogany brown... . Professional (oer trying to oor Pepe oe lack-jack dealers with that impersonal, imper- Crystal said | You're a} ‘writer yourself—or will be one, with a | PLACES? AND THINGS . for your own sake, to mart ‘ou, Colin,” as steadily Possible. ... You see, Colin, you to be ‘trapped,’ as it. You want to be y, without ties I can understand.” errupted violently. first time we had I was living vicari- ¢ my heart over other people's tragedies. living none of my | j own. Well, let me teil you this: if you |r what you're saying, my own | ttle private heartbreak is going to | be so important to me that I'll never | be able to write again.” ‘And—what about me?” Crystal dared remind him. You were not born to make any woman happy—” y God!” he groaned. “And I you had some sense! ‘Happy, he mocked her bitterly. “Is sole aim of living? Don't be a fool, Crystal Hathaway! If you don't take me, whatever grief I may bring to you, you'll only be half a woman as long as you live. And Jaugh if you want to!" But she was not laughing. “And if I don't have; you, T'll be less than half the man I might be. ‘Happy'! Of course we n not be happy, but we'll have a pretty grand mixture of heaven and hell—which is called life I believe.” | Before she could answer a radio loud speaker became suddenly artic- ulate. “Listen!” Crystal cried. “It's news of Sandy! Oh, please God, bring him safe home to Tony!” NEXT: “Make that double.” (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) |turbable, sphinx-like expression, whose hands seem flexible as putty when they deal. . . . Roulette croupiers | taking and changing money with that. | casual monotony which comes out of | habit... . A “system player,” who ; Plunges several hundred chips at a | time, and isn't doing so badly... . Peter B. Kyne, the novelist, sipping at a table and looking philosophically upon the passing show. ... Later he dmits he must be getting old, and shanks heaven for the fact... . For now he can sit back and absorb and reflect. iteve Hannigan, tossing down a glass of beer... . He's like a shadow. . Wherever you go in the world, at least wherever I go, Steve seems to have taken the previous boat... . Stallings, who came out to write scenarios after his success at “What Price Glory”... . And chatting with a lovely sun-burned gal. ... Leo Carillo, the actor... .. Gus Edwards HEY! DID You SEE TWAT? I'VE HAD THAT FISH ON MY_ LINE SEVEN TIMES~ WE BROKE MY POLE= TRERE THEY GO NOW=LIEADIN' TowlaRD MME RINER Too. THE ONE IS TAS ASD LIS Pony, BUT L CANT GET A GOOD ENOUGH LOOK To SEE IF TUE MAN 1S VAN OR NOTs- LIKELY AS NOT THATS WHO IT 1S + COME ON, WE'LL HEAD MOWM’N POP TL MIGHT AS WELL ADMIT 1 PUT YOO MUCH FAITH IN WHAT THAT OLD MEDICAL BOOK SAID ABOUT SYMPTOMS, AND GET UP. WELL LV ESCAPED ALL THE WORRY OF MOVING, ANYWAY, AND THAT'S: WORTH SPENDING THREE DAYS IN BED ANY TIME GOOD NIGHT, GU22! IE Ya WEREN'T So DARNED HEAVY, I'D SAY YOU'D MaKe AND CLERKS. The Big Moment! 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