Show MENACE OF ORGANIZED CRIME Bf JUDGE CLARENCE R MARTIN Indiana Iodises India Supreme Court CouL who accepts P employment to defenda defend LA WYER a man for a a crime which he proposes to commit in the thc future is unworthy fA A U I A of members membership lip lipat at the bar for by by his is contract contrad he conspires conspires conspires- with the client chent to Commit commit a violation of the law v and beis heis he be heit is it equally guilty with him The lawyer lawer wl who o acc cc accepts i 9 a retaining fee from a gang of racketeers should not only he be Imme immediately disbarred debarred as ai R a criminal most dangerous to the welfare of the state I lawyer aw but as a a lIe Yer so toso should h hh uld if it sufficient evidence IS is aval available 1 a hI c h be e prosecuted for conspiracy to commit a felony or for the th commiSSIon commission 0 ofa of f a felony The orgy of organized crime is the most serious menace confronting the nation The crime wave has for the time last ten years been rising and sweeping over city and country alike Communities have been aroused by the menace to li life e and property that has lias outstripped all previous e experience experience pe- pe pel l ence M Murder has Ilas grown common We cannot reasonably expect immunity from this tills modern modem curse I Conditions in many of our cities tend to create it and we are in the back back- backwash backwash wash of Chicago that magnificent city at whose vitals are via the demons of violence cor corruption murder crime an and terror With the passing of the saloon of segregated vice and public gam game gambling bling houses the good citizen relaxed his vigilance and he is now waking up to find a whirlwind in place ofa of a wind anda and a tidal wave vave in place pInel of ofa ofa a 0 breaker If organized crime continues to thrive unchecked it will eventually muff nuu out the the flame Hame which has been burning upon the altar of freedom in this Republic for years Unless stopped martial law may have to tobo tobo tobo bo used |