Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-02-20 | Page 2 | Solons Plan War on Crime

SOLONS PLAN WAR JN ON CRIME Bills to to Be Pressed Against Racketeering and Kid Kid- naping in in U. U U.S. S. S t By Br United Pre Press WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V Feb A 20 20 A new and vigorous war on crime was vas started start start- started ed in congress with the pledge of Chairman Henry F F. F Ashurst of the senate juc Judiciary ciary committee that he would press for cn enactment of bf f a series of ot bills bill aimed principally against kid kid- naping and racketeering rIng f Ashurst receiving from the department department depart depart- ment of justice a dozen bills needed to back back- backup up p the governments government's drive against criminals said they would be combined with the tho Copeland antiracketeering antiracketeering anti anti- racketeering measures for early senate senate sen sen- ate action The federal of offensive e against crime was going going- forward on on another front with the opening of hearings today on the Wagner Costigan-Wagner bill bUl Joined with this triple assault upon the crime problem was WM another movement movement move move- ment m nt designed to have federal judges clamp down upon methods by which known criminals have been able to get easy bail ban and long delays in trial proceedings Ashurst said he believed that enough crime bills bUts could be passed at the present session n to have a a. noticeable noticeable no no- no-I no effect in crime suppression Senator Royal S. S Copeland D. D N N. Y said he would assist in the effort eUart to get early early- congressional lonal action on the legislation The 30 or 35 crime bills wl which ch have been put before the senate judiciary judi ludl- ciary clary committee will be acted upon first by subcommittees then studied to avoid duplication and overlapping and presented for the senates senate consid