Show I Prevailing Opinions Comment of the American Press Constitution Suggestion From the remarks of ot Lloyd Lloy K IC Garrison for lor 10 years a leading tending spirit in the tho cleansing of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York bar and present dean dMn of the law taw school of the University of ot Wisconsin to a meeting of the Association of American Law Schools In Jh New Orleans The liThe core of ot my conclusions Is that business ss in its main aspects aspect has ceased to be of purely local significance that its par par S pars s are interdependent interdependent in interdependent in- in composing in that larger view a single national enterprise enterprise enterprise en en- that these parts are highly unstable i that we dare daro not for fear feal of ot chaos allow these h in instabilities instabilities in- in stabilities to run th their lr course that we must If wo We would keep the economic machine from crushing the backs of the men who wh support it design national policies to steady it and that the constitution constitution constitution tion docs does not confer sufficient national power for such purposes I 1 suggest therefore an amendment amendment amend amend- ment giving th the congress the power to enact such laws as in its judgment arc are reasonably designed to promote the economic welfare of the United Unite States Slates This will wUl se scam little short of treason to such organized defend defenders ers of th the constitution as the 57 lawyers of ot the tho Liberty League who have been called the little supreme court But possibly the law teachers are safer sater guides gurdes In these matters than the brothers at the bar For Forone Forone Forone one thing they have studied tho the constitution too closely to be hypnotized hypnotized hyp hyp- by its perfection and their conclusions are less likely to be colored by self-interest self and not at all by loyalty to the prejudices of ot those who retain them and purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase their opinions or by any private necessity to challenge the requirements of these changing times as they affect the code that governs our economy At least they deserve the re respectful re- re attention of at 8 a public which is being deafened by the hysterical cries of the self seif saviors of ot the constitution whose ultimate purposes purpose is not al always al- al ways way revealed in their cries De De Detroit troit trait News Reform Parole or Abolish t If It The resolution of the Illinois States State's Attorneys Attorneys' association protesting against undue leniency in parole expresses express the growing conviction that the parole system has hall become one of ot the weakest points in la our cuz yer unsatisfactory defense against crime Some critics of ot t tie the e system demand Its Ils complete abolition arid and this extreme ex cx- trenie demand will prevail if drastic drastic dras dras- tic corrections are arc postponed much longer The news of oC the day Is constantly punctuated by crimes committed by parolees roan many of or them habitual offenders whose release offered no likelihood likelihood likelihood hood of or reform The states state's at attorneys attorneys' attorneys attorneys' at- at resolution on notes that ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 50 per percent cent of serious crimes are committed by offenders offend offend- ers era with police records and asks for a stricter policy from parole boards S The purpose of ot the parole system tern tem has been perverted by politics poll poll- tics and by professional proCessional A reasonable consideration consideration consider consider- atlon of the possibilities of ot reform after aeter punishment and under subsequent subsequent subsequent sub sub- sequent supervision has been e c ex exploited unscrupulously for tor political political cal favoritism But more ImI im important important Im- Im I Is what the first plank of the tho Tribune platform for tor Illinois calls the lithe parole business that thatis is Is the practice of representing criminals seeking parole Organized Organized Ori Or Or- i criminality which In Includes includes in- in eludes the politicians and lawyers who themselves try to keep on the safe sale side of the law but help crimInals criminals criminals crim crim- to escape justice has been an adjunct of the parole system The system h has s been in operation opera opera- tion long enough to have exposed Its shortcomings and these are arc dangerous and cry out for cor cor- cort t That correction must be beI I made from the viewpoint of public pub pub- He lic safety The chief essential to tomake tomake to tomake make the parole system safe saCe l forthe for forthe r the community is to put putt it as M far faras faras faras as as possible out of tho reach h of at tho the alliance of crime an anil J corrupt politics poll poli tics to make it if possible independent independent inde hide pendent of f. f all politics The second nd is to restrict Its scope and operations opera opera- I Chicago Chicago Tribune Dont Don't Go Too Far Mr Hoover it is 13 said will ivill soon discuss the farm problem in a public address addres It If he ho goes back into history it is is' isto to be hoped that he will restrict himself to events following 1932 because If It he goes beyond that date he may encounter encounter en en- counter trouble To go back baele of 1932 would necessitate necessitate necessitate talking about his own farm board and the half dollar dissolving fund which didn't do doa a thing toward raising the price of ot farm farin products but did accuMUlate accumulate tho the most terrific wheat carryover in all history Balti Balti Baltimore more Sun Sung 5 Making the fhe Best of If tt The nation would have welcomed welcomed wel wel- corned a 8 with more de- de tali Mr Roosevelt perhaps claims too much and admits admit too little He Ho offers otters more cheer for lor social Idealists than for tor harassed tax tax- payers In spite of All this however the presidential message is obviously the utterance of oC a 8 man whose who's confidence confidence confidence con con- is un unshaken haken either cither by the buffeting of at industrial stress or orthe orthe orthe the bitterness of partisan strife It is a warm hearted declaration of purpose b by one who facing the crisis of ot a long career concedes nothing to his foes rededicates es himself to a rounded and permanent permanent per per- manent national nal life Ute Such confidence begets dence Most Americans hearing this address will welcome its de determination determination determination de- de termination to advance boldly without thought of at retreat retreat retreat- Cleveland Plain Dealer |