Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1936, Page 14

REPEATING FELON LAID T0 LAWYER Defense Attorneys Blamed | for Development of i Criminals. By the Associated Press. i CHICAGO, September 15.—A report %o the sixty-sixth annual congress of the American Prison Association by its Committee on Crime Preven- tion declared today that the conduct ©f defense attorneys in criminal cases was an important factor in the de- Yelopment of “repeating” felons. The report said that “75 per cent ©f the prisoners” in penal institutions of the United States had been “liter- ally faced about” into a career of erime “by their experiences in- the hands of the defense attorneys who Pleaded their cases at the bar.” “The coaching of the defense at- torney,” the committee held, tended $o help the defendant “find an alibi for his misdeeds and a sedative for Bis conscience” when the public wel- fare demanded procedure which would *quicken the sensibilities of the risoner * * * and awaken him to is own misdeeds.” . The report charged that this sys- fem had been developed to the point Where “juries hearing only the state- ments and arguments of defense at- torneys and testimony introduced by them would never convict the ac- Gused.” ? Delegates Consider Report. Presented last night by Committee Chairman H. V. Bastin, superintendent of Ormsby Village, Anchorage, Ky., the report was considered today by 800 prison congress delegates. The American court system—“the method of selecting juries, the battle of wits between opposing attorneys, By both sides, the prominence to the Proceeding given by the press’—was eriticized by .the committee. Introduction of more scientific fhethods into the machinery for pre- venting and combating crime was drged in the report, which estimated the country's annual crime cos: at 4 s | more than 2 inches of water in their the deliberate coloring of testimony | patntubs because of a water shiortage. Faces Quiz FORMER SECRETARY HELD AS WOMAN DIES. THADDEUS PICKENS, The former secretary to Mrs. Anna Powell Crookshank, was held by Los Angeles police as a material witness pending an autopsy report on her death. Pickens, 21, was named as major beneficiary in the woman’s will, disposing of a $60,000 estate. —Copyright, A. P, Wirephoto. | Pt A e sl N Paris Hats Pointed. PARIS ().—The new hats are far | from pointless. They rise to spire | shaped heights in feather-covered tur- | bans, or to sharp pointed cones in | black velvet topped with fox heads. GARNETT, Kans. (#).—Mayor C. A. | DeWolf requested citizens to use not checks . _THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, BOARDTO PROTEST MANDAMUS MOVE Mrs. Simpson’s Petition to Be Opposed in Virginia Court Hearing. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., September 15.—The mandamus peti- tion Mrs. Ruby G. Simpson, former member of the County School Board, will present to the Court of Appeals of Virginia at Staunton Thursday in a move for reinstatement, will be pro- tested by the School Board, it was learned from John M. Stewart, chair- man, today. ¥ Chairman Stewart has asked Com- oY - monwealth's Attorney Lawrence W. Douglas to represent the School Board at the court session Thursday, the date the petition is returnable. Notice of petition for mandamus proceedings was filed by Charles Hen- ry Smith, attorney for Mrs. Simpson, last Tuesday, and served on members of the School Board by Sheriff How- ard B. Flelds. Smith said he hopes to obtain a hearing on the petition at the Staunton session of the court be- cause of the importance of the issue, Based on Staples’ Opinion. Mrs. Simpson’s action is based on an opinion of Attorney General A, P. Staples of Virginia, which held in- valid the appointment of new school trustees by the School Trustee Elec- toral Board of Arlington County on July 6 and stated that members of the former County School Board should hold over in office until July, 1940. Attorney General Staples held that the School Trustee Electoral Board was without power to appoint on July 6 because a new act adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia on “BUY FROM AN ELECTRICAL STORE” ON THE NEW MAYTAG Let us show you a washer that sets new standards in brilliant styling and performance. quality features. 40 Many new improvements that provide greater value, and washing ability. convenience It wills pay for itself on our easy pur- chase plan! JCHARRING March - 26 last states that School Board appointments must be made “within 60 days prior to July 1.” Holds Program Jeopardized. Mrs. Simpson contends that ‘“the entire school program is being jeop- ardized by action of a board held by the attorney general to be illegally constituted.” ‘The School Trustee Electoral Board appointed Rev. Walter F. Wolf of Ar- lington to succeed Mrs. Simpson. Two other members of the former board, Chairman Stewart and Arthur E. Wil- son, were reappointed. In lieu of the court action, Rev. Wolf said: “I will continue to serve on the School Board as long as Chair- man Stewart recognizes me as a le- gally constituted member of that body.” If you live in Northwest Washington: BOARD NEARER HOME... Baltimore & Ohio brings the West nearer to your home—direct to Silver Spring Station—which is now a reg- ular Suburban stop for B & O trains to and from the West. It's only a few minutes drive from Chevy Chase, Rock Creek Park or anywhere in Northwest Washing- ton. You save time; avoid city traffic hazards and delays. Silver Spring Station is reached by a network of excellent highways and there’s TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936. FARM UNEMPLOYMENT LAID TO U. S. POLICIES G. 0. P. Committes Statement Blames New Deal for Lack of Jobg. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 15.—The Republican Nationul Committee said in a formal statement last night, “the record shows an all-time high in agricultural unemployment.” “Relief expenditures in farm States have soared because foreigners have been allowed to take away the do- mestic market from American pro- ducers,” it added, “thus foreigners and not Americans have the jobs. “Farm wage purchasing power is|463,336 tillable acres from cr ) 0p pro- down as a result of New Deal pol-|duction. This meant that more than icies. 1In 1035 crop curtailment con- | 1,741,020 persons were thrown out of tracts with the A. A. 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A proposal to create an interstate rison commission was approved last night by representatives of 25 States. * The purpose of the commission will Pe to control interstate crime, much on the same order as the Interstate Commerce Commission controls inter- state business. Delegates to the Association of Btates Signatory to the interstate prison compact, which drafted the proposal, said it would put an effec- tive barrier across that area between Federal and State law enforcement which Attorney General Homer Cum- mings described as “the twilight zone, & sort of neutral corridor, unpoliced and unprotected, in which criminals of the most desperate character * * * found unholy sanctuary.” Under the compact, the commission would be made up of one representa- tive of each of the 48 states, to be chosen by the Governor after the Legislature of his State adopted a model “interstate prison commission act.” Co-operation Is Sought. As soon as a State signed, the com- pact would become effective between it and other signatories. A major goal of the compact was *“to promote co-operation among the Btates * * * and the Federal Govern- ment and other agencies” in eliminat- ing idleness among convicts resulting from Federal and State restrictions on the sale of prison-made goods. To get the plan going quickly, the Association of State Signatory authorized its chairman, Col. John J. Hannan of Madison, Wis., and its secretary, Howard Gill of Washington, D. C, to ask “Governors of at least three States” to invite all Governors to an interstate meeting. The session was to be called before January 15, 1937, so that the model law could be presented by the Gov- ernors to the Legislatures of the several States. 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