Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-02 | Page 6 | Crime and Politics

Crime and Politics A A. A ANEW NEW V neurosis may spring up in this country country coun coun- try since J. J Edgar Hoover r chief of f the bureau but bur bu bu- bu- bu t r reau au of investigation of the department of justice justice justice jus jus- jus- jus tice has revealed that there are persons now living who will be murdered Some high- high strung individuals may start worrying because they think they may be marked for sudden death some will feel certain that they are robbing robbing robbing rob rob- bing the rest of their existence of contentment Such people will be worrying about the wrong thing thing that that is if there is a right thing to worry about Better far are genuine concern concern concern con con- cern about this form of crime and a purpose to get rid of it so f far r as is humanly possible There is a great deal that may be done Chief Hoover from long study of disquieting disquiet ng L statistics declares that there are actual murderers roaming at large He also says that society is inadequately protected against them because even if what we often refer to as justice justice justice jus jus- tice is meted out nut to the average murderer murderer murderer mur mur- derer serves only four years in prison The figurea figures fig- fig t ures urea he offers are both startling and r ing The reason such records can be established he says is because our law enforcement agencies agencies agen- agen i cies des are hampered hamstrung and strangled by the caked blood hand of crime-affiliated crime pol- pol I The challenge is fo to clean up politics at primaries primaries Pr- Pr maries marks conventions and elections Another challenge is to bar associations to purge their ranks of lawyer criminals When these house- house cleanings are accomplished accomplished- a very large part of the menace of crime will be wiped out