Show So the People May Know i The murder of an aged grocer last Jast Friday might be re- re as the of the gangsters' gangsters winter campaign sullen challenge to the forces of law and order Two young men entering the grocery shot and killed kile e proprietor when he resisted their attempt to rob him o 0 far the police have conducted a fruitless search for the t There can be no disguising the fact tact that Salt Lake City as It does on the highroad of transcontinental I Ic Ie 1 Is looked upon by the criminal element clement throughout I the as a soft spot Nor is there need to hide the fact that this city is al- al eady cady engaged in a bitter conflict with murderers and robers robers rob- rob ers rs to whom the taking of human life Ute means nothing The Ity Is overrun with desperate criminals 1 I Certainly no one at all familiar with the present j i atlon Ion of ot the police department can expect an effectual de- de ense against the onslaughts of these criminals nor can any any- ne look Jook for competent prosecution of ot an offensive against any rime under the present setup As the war goes on the police department will ask for fort tori nore ore men for tor reinforcements to combat crime but the real heed of the moment is not more men Rather it is a more Capable and efficient direction of at the men now on the force j Anyone Anione at all familiar with the police poUce department knows ts its ranks are split by dissension factional strife and In many by downright Insubordination The police poUce department Is with men who don't dont mow enow what it is all about and who wouldn't be able to do i If they did because they lack those qualities of which are so necessary to coordinate the force nto an effective weapon against crime At the same time the police poUce department contains a arge number of ot competent men whose best efforts are dis- dis by Internal strife and discord and lack of confidence rf Yr the present leadership The smug self-satisfaction self of the ups higher-ups with the lolice administration for which they are responsible Is bound boundo o 0 o spell disaster It wont won't catch crooks The rhe people may not expect a voluntary reorganization if t f the police poUce department but they may well be thankful th that t I Ive ye ve e are a the season of or the year when there is a good unity of ot forcing it from the outside LE LET LIGHT INTO THE POLICE DEP DEPARTMENT ARTl |