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Show U. S. Attorney Says I Crime Wave Myth - Th excelled crime wave In th tfnlted Slate la a myth created the laxity of law enforcement officers of-ficers rather than by any phenomenal phe-nomenal increase In the number of crimes committed, according to J. W. H. Crlm, a'ssistant Unltad Btatea attorney general, who stopped ovsr let re Monday en route to I-oa An; lelee. Mr. Crlm conferred with i.'harlee M. Morris, , United States district attorney here, and complimented compli-mented the local federal officer for the manner In which his offlo Is handling ths administration of Jus-lice Jus-lice In this d 1st riot. There I mor crlm because the law Is not being enforced by locsl . officials. There Is no crlm wave." Mr. Crlm said. "In some counties '. they wont area prosecute murder. S-The habit Is growing for stats, Vminty and city authorities to har-Ifess har-Ifess ths federal government with tha responsibility of policing the country. This has caused a conses-tKn conses-tKn In federal courts, .'Sleeping sickness among law sn-' sn-' forcement officers aad not a "crlms wava Is ths cause of conditions which sveryone must deplore. With each division of government aesum-Ing aesum-Ing Its proper responsibilities ths situation can b speedily reme-' reme-' died." he said. |