Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1937, Page 9

SOCAL VORKERS PROBLENS TLD Criminal Justice System in U. S. Branded as “Mass of Attitudes.” Fundamental issues confronting so- cial workers in the process of culti- vating and improving welfare work ‘were outlined last night by Dr. Sheldon Glueck of the Harvard Law School at a dinner opening a joint conference of the Washington Council of Social Agencies and the Maryland State Con- ference of Social Work. The speaker cited five major prob- fems—the necessity of avoiding “the eurse of bigness” in the various fields of social work; the need for planning far enough ahead to take account of growth; the need for setting up re- search adjuncts to invent new tech- iques, discover new desirable rela- ionships of different enterprises of | soctal work and define divisions of | labor between public and private | agencies; improvement of the selec- tion and training of personnel, and | helping social workers “to evolve a | consistent and satisfying philosophy.” | ‘Taking as his subject, “A Criminolo- gist Looks at Social Work,” Dr. Glueck branded the American criminal justice system as a “sprawling, disintegrated, inefficient mass of attitudes, prejudices, agencies and personnel.” He said there is a lack of a centralized crim- inal statistics service and a clearing house for criminal records, and that *‘there is an absence of that intelligent eollaboration of the agencies of justice that is indispensable to eflective action.” “The police head conceives of his Job as an end in itself.” he declared. | “The prosecutor is inclined to think | that the sole aim of his activities is to obtain convictions, the judge fond- 1y believes that by ‘disposing’ of his cases through hastily considered sen- tences he has done his complete duty.” ' The penal administrator, Dr. Glueck continued, believes his job begins with | the reception of the convict and ends with his discharge, while the parole agent believes his sole task is to see that the parolee does not violate the conditions of his freedom. The speaker urged the joint con- ference to consider the fundamentals which he outlined and work toward new social policies, legislation and ad- ministrative improvements. Judge Cheers Man Stumped by Query On Vice President By the Associated Press. ELLSWORTH, Me., April 16.— An applicant for citizenship told Judge George L. Emery promptly that the President of the United States was Franklin D. Roosevelt. But he admitted he didn’t know who was Vice President. “Don’t let that worry you,” said the judge, “very few people do.” Spain (Continued From up for a supreme push against fam- ished Bilbao, capital of the autono- mous province. Government Basques regained con- trol late today of Saibi Peak, laat-line defense of strategic Durango, as the defenders of Bilbao and Spanish in- surgents locked in fierce fighting. The mountainous objective changed hands three timés within a few hours. Wave after wave of isurgent troops stormed the summit as night fell over the war zone. Early today 700 to 1,000 Basques were slain in a counterattack | by insurgents, who swept back into machine-gun pits and raked fleeing foes with bullets. Warplanes from both sides circled | low over opposing lines, dropping tons of heavy bombs on hostile forces. Estimates placed the number of dead and wounded ata high figure on both sides. ‘The insurgent newspaper, Voz de Espana, at San Sebastion said insur- gent Generalissimo Francisco Fran- co’'s bombing planes destroyed a long convoy of government trucks carrying supplies from Bilbao to the front. With the prospect of renewed gov- ernment resistance to the insurgent assault, Basque authorities prepared to evacuate 1,800 children from Bil- bao. Twelve hundred, they said, would be sent to Russia, while an additional 600 would be escorted over the border into France, Possession of Mount Saibi, in the barrier range south of Bilbao, would give Mola consolidated positions only five miles from the gateway city on the Basque pians, Durango, itself only 16 miles southeast of Bilbao. Rebel Swimmers Shot. Insurgent swimmers paddled across the darkened Manzanares River with government bullets spattering around them early today in a vain attempt to carry supplies to 3,000 marooned comrades in the University City battle zone. Madrid's defense headquarters told THE EVENING of the unsuccessful effort to break the siege after government guns had dis- rupted two insurgent attempts to re- pair the wooden bridge between the insurgent-held Oasa de Campo and the northwestern suburban sector of University City. Muffled splashes first caught the at- tention of government lookouts as the swimmers plunged into the murky waters. Machine gunners on the op- posite bank loosed a stream of lead into the river, ‘The cries of wounded insurgents and loud splashes mingled as the swimmers struggled back to their territory. Progess on Various Fronts. Government aviation communiques reported far-flung activity, disrupting insurgent troop movements toward Ma- drid from the northwest, at Valladolid, and from the northeast at Jadraque. Both forays were said to have caused heavy damage to rails, coaches and equipment of railroads in insurgent possession. Other fronts: North.—More than a sqore were in- jured when red-and-yellow insurgent planes bombed Culera, just below the French border on the Mediterranean. South.—Insurgents reported & deci- sive defeat of government troops west of the Penarroya coal mines in fight- ing for control of the Sierra La Grana range on the Cordoba front. ‘The Madrid government, reporting the battle a victory, said its forces occupied the heights above Penarroya, and completely dominating the Sierra la Grana range, encircled the insur- gent-held City of Fuenteovejuna. U. S. AWAITS NOTIFICATION. State Department Sees No Blow to Free Seas Policy. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The decision of the London Non- Intervention Committee in Spanish affairs to establish a blockade around Spain to prevent smuggling of war supplies and volunteers has not been brought officially to the attention of the State Department. The non-in- terventionist powers have decided to inspect all ships, including those fly- ing the American flag, in the endeavor to prevent further foreign participa- ticn in the Spanish civil war. State Department officials believe that this decision of the European powers will not affect the doctrine of the freedom of the sea, especially since the London committee has made it clear that ships flying the American flag will be stopped only to have their papers inspected and thus ascer- tain whether they are of a bona fide American registry. In any event, it was stated this morning at the State Department, it is most unlikely that the Govern- ment will indulge in a paper warfare over the Spanish situation. While no official comment will be made until STAR, WASHINGTON, the State Department is officially in- formed of the steps taken this morn- ing in London, the belief among high officials is that as long as American shipping is not seriously handicapped by the new measure, the State De- partment will make no representa- tions. The policy established by Sec- retary Hull, “Don’t cross your bridges until you get to them,” will be ad- hered to in this instance. The State Department will maintain its freedom of action and will deal with any eventual comncrete cases on their merits. DUTCH VESSEL SEIZED. Insurgents Take Prize to Ceuta. British Food Ships Turned. AMSTERDAM, April 16 (#).—The Dutch freighter Sarkana was seized by an insurgent warship as it at- temped to run the insurgent blockade in the Straits of Gibraltar, it was re- ported today, while a Dutch cruiser stood by, refusing aid. The cruiser Java, on patrol duty to protect Dutch shipping from illegal molestation in Spanish waters, was said to have refused aid because the freighter was carrying munitions. The insurgent flotilla was said to have carried its prize to Ceuta, Spanish Morocco. While no.further word was received of the two British freighters, the Mary Llewelyn and the Sarastone, which left St. Jean de Luz Harbor yesterday still carrying cargoes of food for Bilbao, shipping circles un- derstood they were bound back to England or other French ports to drop their cargoes. The insurgent naval blockade off Bilboa forced them to halt delivery of supplies to a people reported re- duced to eating cats and paying high prices for the privilege. PERPIGNAN, Franco-Spanish Frontier, April 16 (#).—Ten persons were gravely wounded today and sev- eral others less seriously hurt when an insurgent squadron bombed the Spanish port of Culera, just below the French border on the Mediterranean. ‘The planes dropped 10 bombs and then, winging through a ring of anti- aircraft fire, sped toward the Island of Mallorca. SOL KANN HONORED Sol Kann, vice president of 8. Kann Sons Co., was guest of honor last night | at a dinner of the Corner Stone Club | of the store employes at the Harring- | ton Hotel. Among those present were B. B. | Burgunder, store president; A. Sine sheimer, general merchandise man- ager, and William Friel, superintend- ent. George H. Brown, club president, | presided, and J. 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NEW YORK, April 16 (#).—The re- fusal of Britain to use her navy to break the Spanish rebel blockade of Bilbao is not taken in well-informed quarters to indicate that the British lion has lost its teeth, despite some ribald remarks from the side lines. The exact position is that England | isn’t afraid to fight, but is too shrewd i to allow herself at this critical junc- ture to be drawn into an argument which might precipitate another Euro- pean war. The British Laborite members of the House of Commons have accused | the government of showing the white feather to the tiny revolutionary fleet. That is belligerent talk in any lan- guage under normal circumstances, but in this case it is merely a rhetori- cal charge, made for the purpose of trying to goad the cabinet into action. Side With Loyalists. | The Laborites are Socialists, and as | such naturally side with the Spanish | socialistic Loyalists who are beleagured | in Bilbao. The Labor members want | the government to see that English merchant ships get through the block- ade with food for the hungry popula- tion of the port. It is alleged that Britain is in effect aiding the rebels. The government policy was ap- proved in Commons by a vote of 345 to 130 after an acrimonious debate. Capt. Anthony Eden—youthful but | suave and clever Beau Brummel who s | foreign secretary—justified England's | action in warning British shipping to| keep away from Spanish ports, and | cited the American Civil War for precedent. Eden said he wasn't much ' MOST PEOPLE APRIL 16, 1937, *% A9 mgqved by the taunts of the Laborites. If we put aside the question of pre- cedent, which is something of a red- herring across the trail, this situation emerges: Britain’s position on the high seas is quite clear. She will protect her ship- ping there at all costs. But the mo- ment she takes action inside Spanish territorial waters she is intervening in Spain. This in itself would arouse the wrath of other interested coun- tries, Rebels Lack Standing. It is true that Britain has not recog- nized the rebels as belligerents and they therefore have no standing so far as England is concerned. On this basis, supporters of the loyalist gov- ernmeni maintain that Britain ought to force the rebel blockade and get food through to aid the established government. However, what the British. cabinet has to figure is whether it is to be governed by abstraction and principle on the one hand or by hard facts on the other. Hard facts always prevail in the long run. One hard fact is that while a faction may not be recognized as a belligerent, if that faction is successful its position is regularized ipso facto. Should Britain choose to force the blockade to let her mierchant ships through to Bilbao, the Loyalist gov- ernment is not strong enough to pro- tect those vessels and their crews, If Your Dentist Hurts You Try DR. 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