Show U UI u. S Si S. WILL PUSH WAR ON N CRIME Cummings Reports Concerted Wide Nation Wide Naton-Wide At Attack ck on Underworld B By A Associated Press WASHINGTON jan Uncle s Sams Sam's efforts against the underworld were recounted in unromantic stalls stall's tics Ut today b by Attorney General stats Cummings Cummings Cum Cum- who informed congress that th government obtained convictions convictions con con- in an the te fiscal year ended last lat June 30 Cummings' Cummings annual report covered ered c the period before Dillinger Floyd and Nelson Neson were wiped out and so made no mention menton of or thos spectacular lar exploits exploit The department however however how how- ever said raid it was Wa at al work vork building a coordinated nationwide crime fight fighting ing machine to press pres the attack atack against men of that tat type Justice officials heard with wih much interest President t Roosevelt's Roosevel's pronouncement pronouncement pro pro- pro In hi his message yester day that he would consul consult congress on the strengthening of our facilities ties tes for the prevention detection and treatment of ot crime and criminals A far ar flung arrangement for the cooperation of federal federI state stale tte and nd local lo 10 lo cal authorities was wa represented as the goal of the administration Te The task is i called caled large The Te justice justice jus jus- tice department regards as most ost reliable re- re re liable a calculation by Professor Profesor Thorsten Thorten Sellin Sli of the University of Pennsylvania that in 1933 there were probably a minimum of 1300 serious crimes known to lo the te police po police lice of this ti countr country To accelerate the campaign started last Jast year when congress widened th the powers of the justice department Cummings Cumming plans to shortly short short- establish a crime crie institute institute institute-a a national center centero to doers o coordinate activities against evil evil- evi Cummings in Jn his hi report today made no suggestions to con congress es except ex cx- the creation of two more federal judgeships in the south southern n district of California and the same number in n the southern souther district of New York He Ic said there was serious congestion conces- conces Ion tion ton in courts court there However it Is that some officers in the department feel that tat laws aws t to stiffen re regulations of the firearms fire firearms arms traffic and to lo require on ex-on- con cx-con- vict to register their movements movement would be b of assistance I |