Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-28 | Page 2 | Pardon Boards Get Balme for Crime Increase

PAA PARDON UN BOARDS GET BLAME FOR GRIME CRIME INCREASE Rev C. C F. F Aked ked Criticizes Criticizes Criticizes cizes Practice Practice of Leniency Leniency Leniency Leni Leni- ency Toward Violators T The Tle e responsibility for the large number of youthful criminals is in my opinion to be charged principally principally pally against the parents To my mind a proper Judicious use o of the I old-fashioned old slipper philosophy on the youth of this country would have a sl effect This is the homely advice to to parents of the Rev Charles J Aked congregation congregation- congregational al at minister former fprmer pastor to John D. D Rockefeller and noted who arrived in Salt Lake Tuesday evening for the purpose purpose of deli delivering delivering deliver deliver- ring r- r ing his Master Minds and Artists series of lectures He will wilI speak at atthe atthe atthe the Assembly hall hail in the Tabernacle ground Wednesday night Aside from his lectures Dr Aked said the subject in which he is most interested is crime and criminals Our laws are good enough de declared declared de- de dared Dr Aked but bUt our idiotic pardon boards turn criminals loose as fast as s the law gets its hands on them and this accounts for the fact that in proportion to population Chicago has murders as compared oem com pared with seven In London J The same relative condition and ratio exists in practically every American community As Asa a Dr Aked advocates that parole and pardon boards be abolished that the governors of the states be empowered to parole parol or tor pardon criminals who have committed committed com corn crimes with without ut the use of arms but that the parole or pardon power of executives do not extend to those who use any ny kind of deadly deadly deadly dead dead- ly weapon In the commission of I crime He lie roundly condemned I women who kiss kis the bloody hands of murderers and festoon 1 4 1 their cells I HU Regarding church matters Dr Aked said that he is heartily in favor of the work lately undertaken en by the heads of the congregational congregational congregational church that of consolidating the home and foreign missions with the educational and publicity de departments de- de and placing them all Under under under un un- der the management of a a. a single single board loard instead of as now having a score of boards working independently independently independently of each other and more or less at random Dr Aked who is is on his way east will deliver eight lecturers in the First Congregational church in Washington D D. D C. C upon his arr arrival val there This is the church Which Is attended by President and Mrs 1 Calyin Cal Cal- yin vin Coolidge and Dr Aked is looking looking look look- ing forward vard with a great deal pleasure to having the nations nation's chief executive as an auditor o