Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1926, Page 24

ReaAu RIME COMMISSION ESTATE. SEEKS TO RESTORE LAW RESPECT Organizcd by G cup of Lead- ers in Many Walks of Life. Launches Widespread Study "of Criminal Conditions in United States. T hat extent s offiial delinguency o nein e Jor prérit ing. erivinal con €107 Doen the duyt' e in he rourca. Va2 pvanecnting heum of erimingl Trie Ciction or 1 1he woice power? Tt i 00 purpone 1 lite Nationat frime Com- Wisston” composed of iminent citizend, Yo ind on BY LOUIS SEIBOLD. The most comprehensive study ever made in thig eountry of the criminal = w heing undertaken by Crime Commission, of Trubee Davison is chair- The commission was organized a little less than a year ago as the result of spontaneous action by a group of lenders in all fields of business, pro. fessional and academic pursuit. It has established subcommittees of technical character, enlisted the aid of experts throughout the country and i pushing a minute probe of every factor in the situation. The purpose of the organization, as siated*hy the executive committce, is “to stimulate public interest and ac- tien in the restoration of respect for the authority of the State in the per: formance of its fundamental duty of protecting the persons and property of its citizens.” To Bolster Justice. Among the organizers are FElbert H. ry. Frank O. Lowden of Tilinois, Newton D. Baker. Richard Washburn Child, Chester H. Rowell Hadley, former Governor of Missouri ‘Mrs. Richard Roosevelt Derby. Frank- 1in D. Roosevelt, Charles H. n and Charles Evans iughes. The commission does not aim to be the instrument of any particular theory of the cause or for the pun- ishment of crime. According to Mr. Davison, the commission afms to “re- xtore swift and certain justice" before doing anything else. Mr, Hadley's subcommittee has already presented its report concern ing the criminal codes in use in the various States. In drawing up this report Mr. Hadley, now chancellor of Washington University, St. Louis, was alded by former Attorney General Jud son Harmon, Senator Deneen of Il nois, Charles S. Whitman, Dean Ros- cos Pound of the Harvard law Sehool and District Attorney Joab H. Ranton of New York. Nineteen Legal Reforms Argued. The report contained nineteen rec- ommendations for legal reform, many | of which have already met with the enthusiastic support of leading mem- bers of the bar. Among the principal suggestions were the following Prosecution by information rather than by indictments Trial judges should be allowed to comment on evidence submitted and on the defendant’s refusal to take the stand as a witness. Conviction by fivesixths of a jury. Flimination in appeliate courts of the presumption that all error in low- ar eourts is prejudicial error, and the establishment of the right of the ap- pellata court to call witnesses on con- troversial questions. Recommendation that prosecutors ba notified of parole hearings. Defendant's sanity shonld be deter- mined before a trial One of the most important aims of | the commiasion is the establishment of State crime commissions o probe and clear up crime conditions in each State. New York, New Hampshire, Missourl and other States, as well as saveral of the large cities of the country, have already engaged in or authorized enterprises of this kind. Richard Washburn Child is chairman | of the subcommittee on local organ ization. 5ov. lLowden heads the mittee on pardons, probation. penal laws and _institutional correction <hester H. Rowell of California hea: Herhert | % | | | the subcommittee on police. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt is chairman of the subcommittee on legal education. Newton D. Baker's subcommittee on social, educational and industrial conditions is already engaged in its duties. It is making a nation-wide study, with the aid of experts, of all environmental conditions which may influence crime. The medical aspects of crime are tha subject of study by a subcommittee headed by Mrs. Derby, daughter of former President Theodore Roosevelt. One of the difficulties in dealing with erime in the United States is that the Federal Government is not concerned with ordinary felonfes, and that the laws of the States hinder rather than aid co-operation. The commisefon hopes to clear up this difficulty by recommending standard legal codes ahd agencies for co-opera- tion between the States in thelr ef- fort to stamp out crime. will gather statistics, medical, legal and soclologlcal advice from experts, will draw up plans on the basis of this advice and will place itself at the di efforts to solve the crime problem. Views of Crim and Wise. e 156 conirDNT: rhe swm- The 1 tributions 10 o posium on crime conditio: Government. s former Assistant Atiormey General. 1who ‘has rwritten ertensive on the fvtbl;(l' The other is Henry M. Wise who ha prosecuted mgny notable cases.: “The absolute solution of the crime problem,” Mr. Crim said, “will come With the millennium, as only the quack in statecraft has a cure. The criminal is always with us, and the genius of statesmanship can only sug- gest a palliative. Kternal vigilance s the price of controlling crime. In- numerable causes, too deeply rooted and interwoven in our soclal and eco- nomic affairs to be isolated, increase crime over periods of time and re- sult in what we call a ‘crime wave. ‘Within the memory of many now living, Federal law enforcement each year disclosed only a few counter.| felters, smugglers, grafting officials, moonshiners, post office burglars and public land thieves. The chief means f transportation in that era was the horse. The word ‘automobile’ was not to be found in the dictionary. People had homes and they lived in them; the majority lived on farms or:were dependent _ on agriculture in_some way as a means of livelihood. Trans- actions in bonds and securities were Jess general than now. Business in- tercourse .was by cash or barter. Jewels and other Juxuries easily stolen Were not so commonly distributed, The Use of checks and drafts was not 8o general. Conditions Changed. “Since that era the population has doubled and shifted from the agricul- tural sections to the metropolitan centers. 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