Show I I Too Many I I TWO FIFTY TWO persons were lynched in the United I States by mobs in the first ten months of of this year That is one for every week in the I year if we keep the re record ord clear for the remainder of the year The number is too large for a 13 co coun country cohn- cohn n- n try which prides itself on law and order and bases its hope and progress ess on orderly conduct When Wien mobs assemble on an average of once a week it is time something drastic were done to change the order No doubt federal control of cases growing out of mob violence offers the best course at the present time Too often local courage and determination determination determination deter deter- are cowed by the spirit of the mob which takes a lone individual and strings him to the nearest tree or telephone pole In other instances local influence saves members of mobs from the full fun penalty of their acts when they are brought into court Congressman Dyer has introduced a bill in congress congress which is designed to bring about this control It ought to pass in order that the country country country coun coun- try may free itself of this one blemish on its national character The National Association for forthe forthe forthe the Advancement of Colored People is backing the bill It is heralded as as the one club that can curb lynching I These are the penalties s' s for lyn lynching hing prescribed prescribed prescribed pre pre- scribed by the Dyer bill S n Imprisonment for from five years to life for any member of a mob that puts to death any guilty or innocent person S Five years in prison or fine or both for any state or municipal officer who neglects to protect a prisoner from mob violence Forfeit of by any county in which a person is lynched the money to be given to the victims victim's family or dependents dependents depend depend- or in lieu of them paid into the United States treasury Radical is necessary uro- uro of the bill argue argue because states ai have I failed tp stop Mob violence is the common shame of America and is to be sup sup- pressed From 1889 to November 1 1921 there have been in the United States |