Show FIRING i R SQUAD FOR DRUG VENDORS ADVOCATED Dope Peddlers Are Vultures Special Agent Dave Gershon Says Approval of the bill introduced inthe Inthe in inthe the lower house of the Utah legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture by Representative Frank n. n Newman making it a felony to have narcotic drugs upon ones one's 1 person is given convincingly by Dave Gershon special agent of the department of justice While Mr Gershon did not go before be be- fore foro oro the tho house he congratulated Mr l Newman on the introduction of the bill I 1 was Indeed grateful to read of the bill you have introduced in the legislature making the possession and sale of narcotics a a. felony Mr Gershon Ger Gershon shon wrote in a a. letter to Mr New New- man I 1 wish to state that the legIslative legislative legislative legis legIs- body of this state can render no greater duty to this commonwealth than by the passing of such a bill as you contemplate Mr Gershon Is the enemy of all who deal in the drugs as well as those who use them Peddlers of narcotics are nothing more than human human human hu hu- hu- hu man vultures he said who prey upon the weak and on the h of the underworld They are in my opinion in a certain degree much worse than the murderer for with their dope they not only poison polson the brains of their victims and wreck their bodies but make malte them a menace menace menace men men- ace to society in general Usually these dope fiends have female accomplices accomplices accomplices who have become their victims victims victims vic vic- tims and through whom most of their dope is distributed and in this manner manner manner man man- ner are successful In many instances In escaping detection When hen I state that these dope peddlers peddlers ped ped- ders are nothing more than vultures I am giving you the opinion of my Experience which h has hs s covered a large field and considerable time especially on the Mexican border where these vultures were as aR numerous as generals generals generals gen gen- in the Mexican army I believe that a firing squad would not be too severe a punishment for tor these vultures convicted of the sale of narcotics |