Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-06-01 | Page 6 | Prevailing Opinions

Pre Prevailing V ai I i n g 0 i n i on s S Comment of the American Press Warring With Crime J. J Edgar Edfar Hoovers Hoover's assertion that marshall d crime forces would constitute an lIan army before which America would fall in a few hours houra illustrates the growing seriousness of the war against crime This raises an an- important social problem probably surpassing surpassIng surpass surpass- ing in difficulty that of controlling established criminals Americas America's potential ones may be conservative Citizens Citizens Citizens Citi Citi- zens aware that community Is Immune from crime crimo will realize that Hoovers Hoover's war crime-war warn warn- warning warning ing is is' based on a menacing real real- ity He said If It we are not at war with crime then never was there such a thing as aa war If It this war docs does not demand the tho straining strain strain- ing lug of ev every ry tendon of patriotism Jn n a determined campaign of eradication then this country has never known an emergency Throughout our country Jaw en- en for has been hampered hamstrung and strangled by the caked blood-caked hands of ot crime af politics Potential criminals are produced produced pro pro- in youth by causes so numerous and arid intangible as to complicate the situation almost beyond comprehension by present pres pres pres- ont ent social-control social agencies Environment sn En En Environment with degrading effects companions Inducing delinquency lack of proper education and hardships provoked by poverty poverty- fomenting criminality Heredity however leaving many individuals without a sense of moral or social responsibility or a respect for for for- human values may b be Important and frequently more difficult to ascertain Crime frequently de develop develops do- do among boys and girls not reached by Scout organizations church gro groups ps for tor children or Other social guidance Crime control is a citizen responsibility Law enforcement officials should bo be chosen by the tho merit system instead for politics Prevention is the most potent force in controlling crime and this is possible only through constructive constructive constructive con con- education participated in by every citizen in every com corn Indianapolis Indianapolis News New I Senator Borah's Borab's Absence Senator B Bar o r a hs h's Cleveland speech speech Saturday night contained internal evidence that ho does not n now w expect to control the tho Republican Republican lican an national convention or even cc exercise much influence on its platform and nominations He was free to predict the defeat of tho the party In November if the elements clements ho he is fighting should dominate the I convention I It is of some sonic significance that ho hoh hohas hohas I h has s declined to be a member of ot the th-c convention as a delegate from Idaho If ho expected it to be a aB aB aBorah B Borah rah convention he lie would not st stay sy y outside Being outside has has' certain advantages only for ono one who vho as Al Smith expressed it contemplates taking a walk and d desires Sires to shako oft off In advance any any semblance of at obligation to togo togo togo go along with the ticket ticket- Springfield Republican I I Let Well Enough Alone I The present system of corporate taxation imperfect though it may mayb maybe b be he has been in existence a long time nc The corporations orations arc familial familiar famil famil- it ial with it and can calculate with reasonable accuracy the costs it entails Moreover the treasury department can calculate with some approach to correctness V What hat it will produce Tho The proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed measure would abandon this system and set setup set up an entirely entirely entire entire- ly new one that would increase the uncertainties of business that would certainly produce in injustice in in- j justice in many instances destructive tive and that would make tho the yield of revenue a matter of doubt The philosophy ophy of it ought to be rejected and the senate will act Wisely it if it scraps the tho entire Scheme St. St St. Louis Globe Demo t. t rt