VAST ARMY OF LAWBREAKERS

Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1946, Page 8

VAST ARMY OF LAWBREAKERS

1 ; SERIOUS CRIME EVERY TWENTY SECONDS WA811 IN GTON, July 7. Amcriea is facing a potential army of 6,000,000 criminals and an everincreasing wave of lawlosKiiess, whiro is feeding the criminal ranks with a I never-ending supply of recruits, said j the Director of the Eederal Bureau of 1 11 vestigatiou (Mr. Iloover). broadcasti i"g- ! "Law enforcement todav is facing oue of its most gignntic tasks," he | coiitinued. "Our liomes and lives are I daily threatened by a vast army of law- | breakers, which is ten times the number of students in the colleges and uniI versities. " ! He added that America's crime 111i ri'case so far in 1046 was cven grealer tlian Ihe 12.4 per cent. recorded last i.vcar. Every 20.1 seconds last year a jserious crime was committed, und every : 6.5 mimites someone was feloniously 1 assaulted or slain.

j A^r. Iloover attnlmted the crime wave to recession of moral fort itude, , laxitv of parental control, lowered moral standards, abuses of social and j economic conditions and maladmi nist raI tion of the penal systeni. ; Ibnphasisiitg .the need for bettor parental control, he said: "The lack of : interest in ihe fundamentals of matri- ; inony and .the proper rearing of cliil- : dren is a cause for concern. Every i liome must become a.sanctuary for gooil j citizenship and not, as in too manv j instances todav, a breeding jilace for I criminals. ; ' ! Another cause of crime was the nrostitution of the parole system of the whims of well-wishing, mawkisii ■sentimentalists. Alen and women wtn should never be parolled were freed Wi prev 011 the publie again. It was time to refilise that the guiding jirinciple in ,]'udging every individual -ase should be the proteetion of the public.