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Show OUIEB CiTY SCORED II OFFICIAL REPORT Police Accused of Partnership Partner-ship With Crime in Naval Probe. WASHINGTON1, March SI. Philadelphia's Philadel-phia's police force is flatly charged with corruption and partnership in crime by the commission on training camp activities ac-tivities in a report which Secretary Daniels Dan-iels has forwarded to the governor ot Pennsylvania and the mayor of Phila- delphia with the urgent request that they I accept the co-operation of the navy and ' marine corps "for such a cleaning up in Philadelphia ae is imperatively demanded." de-manded." Thousands of young men are in training train-ing for the navy and marine corps in Philadelphia, and, according to the commission, com-mission, no other city in the country has so failed to meet the requirements of the army and navy as to moral conditions. Lists of alleged disorderly houses, with street addresses and other items of specific information are given in the training camp commission's report, made public tonight. It was submitted to Secretary Sec-retary Daniels by Chairman Kaymond B. Fosdick, after an extended investigation. The report says many attempts "have been made in the past six months to secure se-cure action through the local authorities. I am convinced that the fundamental reason for the failure of these attempts is the intimate connection of responsible i officials with those who profit by the continued con-tinued existence of vicious conditions." |