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Show THE PAGE TWO Postwar Crime Vave Can FBI Chief Peacetime Need for Proil-'uct- s Assures Farmers of Good Market and Price. Prevent Era of Says; Expects Lawlessness, Vets to Demand Order. fiirtrntimMH By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentitlor. in WNU Service, 1G16 Eye Street NW, . Washington, D. C. Will there be a postwar crime wave in the United States? That question was put to the man who will have to deal with it if there Is one FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. He threw the answer back on me and on a lot of other people in these United States. Here it is: Whether we have a postwar crime wave in the United States depends on how well we as a nation can reconvert. If we do have a period of lawlessness, it will in all probabilThe reity be led by turning veteran has it in his power to make or break such a crime taking life and appropriating property that does not belong to them? Vets Desire Orderly Community On this subject, Director Hoover issued an emphatic "No!" Here is his reasoning: "Of course, soldiers are trained to kill but so are we of the FBI and so are police officers. But no man of the FBI has ever been arrested for a crime of violence. There will be criminals among the returning veterans, it is true criminals who will operate more efficiently than they would have if they hadn't had army training. But these are the men who probably would have been criminals anyway if they had remained civilians. After all, the army is only a of the American people. Of course, the real criminals never got into the army their records were too bad. teen-ager- wave. That's not beating around the bush. Let's look at the facts, disturbing though they may be, as the FBI director laid them before me. After the last war, he said, there grew up a lawlessness from which the United States has never been entirely free since. When the gangster era of the 20s and 30s was finally broken up there was some decline In criminal tendencies. Nevertheless, Just before World War II began In Europe crime was still very much with us In fact, the United States had 11 times more cases of murder and manslaughter than England and Wales. With our entry into the war, crimes increased, the emphasis on type changing from crimes against property to crimes against the person murder, assault, rape and the like. On V--J Day a major crime was being committed every 23 seconds in the United States. One person in every 22 in this country had been arrested at some time or other. New Crop of Criminals Teen-Age- cross-sectio- n "I expect the returning veteran to be a big help to us in combatting crime," Hoover went.on. "The boys who are returning from the battlefields have seen so much of destruction, horror, disease, the dangers of dictatorship that they are anxious to see their communities get back to normal, peaceful ways. They are more interested in their homes and civil affairs. They want law and order over here." The FBI expects the veterans to be a major influence on the criminal tendencies of the "If the big brothers and fathers coming back settle down into jobs or go back to school, they can show the younger boys and girls how to be The youngsters look good citizens. up to these men as heroes they can be a strong influence on them." But the responsibility for leading s the aright does not rest solely on the veterans nor alone on the agencies of law enforcement. "The question of crime among our youth cannot be pawned off on a few juvenile courts, overburdened juvenile bureaus, and the local police," Director Hoover declared. "These agencies can help materially, but the big job is getting every parent, business man, school teacher, salesman, farmer, mechanic, housewife, and citizen every other forward-lookinteen-ager- rs teen-ager- Perhaps the most ominous single factor about the picture with which we start the postwar years is that the most frequent criminals in the United States today are boys and girls 17 years of age. Director Hoover explained why this has come about. These teenagers have been maturing in a period of great political, economic and As they were ensocial upheaval. tering the critically formative years for them in the beginning teens, fathers and big brothers, to whom they might have looked for guidance, left home to enter the armed services. Mothers frequently had to take jobs which kept them away from home, leaving boys and girls to their own social and recreational g to knuckle d to the realization that this is their job and it is up to them to do something down two-fiste- about it." devices. Frequently, families pulled up roots and moved to teeming industrial centers in other parts of the country where Jobs could be had in war plants. Normal living was impossible under such overcrowded conditions. There was a general spirit of wartime abandon which impressionable youth was not long in catching lack of discipline, lack of personal responsibility, became the accepted thing. A "war hero" attitude developed in many of those too young to "join up." Then teen-agboys and girls found that because of the manpower shortage they could stop school and take Jobs where they would make more , money than some of their elders did before the war. Coming suddenly onto what seemed sudden wealth, and of their own making, found them unprepared to use it wisely. "We have been developing a genand character-eration of money-ric- h poor Americans." While we had our attention on the battlefronts the foundation was bring laid for one of our major portwar problems on the home front. There in another condition that has brrn a breeding ground for lawlessness during the war, according to Hoover, and which may spread If crime detection and law enforcement do not keep ahead of it "nnnEsterism has been showing signs of revival during the war." he nil "There have been pang wars In places where they used to thrive Hijacking, shakedown rarkets. black markets and bootleg have been on the inrrrase." the groundwork has Therefore, been laid for a new era of Dillinrers. Then there are the returning veterans. Because of their peculiar training, will they present a new band of criminals efficiently trained e far-flun- BARBS But no matter what is done to try to meet a crime situation that now has a potentiality for great evil in this country, there is one thing which Hoover believes will determine in the long run whether it will be law or lawlessness from here on. "Whether or not we have a postwar crime wave will depend in the last analysis on how we as a nation convert to a peacetime basis," Director Hoover announced emphatically. "You can't divorce economics from crime. Although it is true that having money does not necessarily prevent a person from committing a crime, not having money is a definite cause of it. When people are out of work, there is a greater chance for them to get into trouble than when they are employed." "If the Republicans don't look out, this guy Truman is going to pick up some votes right out from under their noses, he's so darned human," a political wiseacre whisjered to me at the Press Club party for Byron Price. We were watching the President mingle with the gue?ts, obviously enjoying himself. Just then a colleague of mine on the weekly press came up. His face was wreathed In smiles. "Guess what," he exclaimed. "I Just said to the President 'I'm from Kansas City' and what do you think he said? 'That's a suburb of a certain city, isn't It?" " And my frlrnd. who has been a Republican since he can remember and especially so In the last 12 years. i berinninc tn think that "this guy Truman" is all right. When the parly was breaking up the President was heard to observe with a broad Missouri grin that he was having as good a time as he did when he was at the Press Club last That time he was still vice president and his picture was taken playing the piano with movie star Lauren Rncnll perched atrip It. by Christmas Is coming yes It Is. tt bt her before your psckage to you mail jour soldier Is there unless now. Wrap securely address prop-rlwill y. In 1M0 this country had less than 13 million men in what is considered the productive see group of 45 to 64. It is estimated that in 1970 there will be over 18vi million. B aukha ge When the German armies left Holland each soldier was permitted to carry 75 pounds only Any more was confiscated by th Hollanders Bu? they wouldn't have had much chance to loot invl n v because the Germa". Civilians lefl the Netherlands shear, of them nd left very littjn behind wasn't nsiled down. tht Thursday, October 4, 1945 American Farmers to Continue High Production Goals in Satisfying Demands of Entire World Nation Can Head Off Quick Reconversion NEPHI, UTAH TIMES-NEW- I Si What will the impact of war's end mean to American agriculture? That question has been raised with increasing frequency ever since Hirohito accepted President Trusurrender unconditional man's terms and the Jap hordes have laid down their arms. It has brought in its train other questions: Will a farm slump occur? Will continued vast production smash prices? Will transition to peacetime schedules upset farm economy? Three fairly definite answers have emerged and each is hearteningly reassuring to everyone who lives on or near a farm: 1. Demand for foods, fibers and oils will continue to require a high rate of farm production. The world must eat and American farmers must feed it. 2. Farm prices will not be deflated. The government has already guaranteed the farmer support prices for many of his products for one or two f years after the war. 3. The farmer, unlike industry, is not faced with reconversion prob lems. His job is growing crops and he needs no different set of tools to accomplish his objectives. All of these factors eliminate the possibility of a sudden crash In farm 1 ' I'Hpi i treatment acThe namby-pamb- y corded Japan has become a bone in the throat of peace. Hirohito has d become the rat; Jap propagandists drool he is solely responsible for making peace, while the American conquerors sit around twiddling their bayonets. That is Just another form of discredited ap peasement which incited the war! . . . The impression is being created that the Mikado was just an innocent bystander. HelL you would think Killer Hirohito was Lord I . . . Fauntleroy. Such horse-radisOn Dec. 7, 1943 (the anniversary of Pearl Harbor), the Jap Emperor sent this cable to Hitler: "I express joy to see our goal realized step by step." J'"' 4 Portrait of a Man: h 9a "tZg? iJ ' fifntiir T '1U ' in "Iri mt The war production of garden crops reached a new high. The demand will continue for some time. New varieties, improved soil fertilization and new equipment will aid the farmer in repeating his record production of these crops. n-. income. Prices are now near or above parity. Even if prices should come down to government-suppolevels a drop of perhaps 15 per cent below present peaks farm purchasing power will be enormous. The farmer has a higher amount to spend out of his income than other wage earners, for the reason that less of his income is required for rent, food and fuel .than is the case with city dwellers. Six million farm families comprising approximately 30 million people having a gross income in excess of 20 billion dollars a year will be a factor of tremendous importance to America's peacetime economy. Farmer in Strong Position. Just as significant as agriculture's high income rate in recent years is the fact that the farmer has been laying aside a good portion of his savings in war bonds to spend for essentials in years to come. Clearly the farmer has emerged from the war in a stronger position than he was at its start. To maintain that position the farmer should do some straight thinking and planning. Two things 1 He are especially important: should avoid overexpansion through the purchase of additional land in the peace years ahead; 2 He should make immediate plans to repair the damage to his soil's fertility level which the vast war crop production quotas have caused. The experience of the last war with its farm land boom and subsequent collapse should be a reminder that the American farmer should not go in for more land than he can successfully handle. Farm land prices have already risen dangerously toward inflation levels. Farsighted agricultural authorities are urging farmers to "keep their shirts on" and steer clear of the pitfalls of land speculation. Better soil management methods on a and economically operated farm will prove safer in the long run than vast fields without efficient management. The key to successful farming operations in postwar years will lie in increasing the per acre yield on existing crop land rather than in bringing additional acreage under cultivation, a recent statement by the Middle West Soil Improvement committee pointed out War Farm economists are agreed there I. fq$Jg -- ft . -v BORDER Zi 1 VvA :x3 V r DRAWER FRONT ' cupboard doors, drawer fronts and canisters, go right ahead. You can even have them twining around the window and door frames and on the furniture. What Not only is Hirohito being cod- is more, you can paint them yourdled, but the whole Imperial Jap self with the painting pattern family has been absolved of any war shown here and have a lot of fun crimes. However, the blood on their doing it. filthy paws shows through the whitewash. . . . One of the most bestial crimes in history was the rape .of Nanking. Prince Asaka was in command at Nanking when that unspeakable atrocity took place. . . . Asaka is the Mikado's brotherl These garden posies are of the type used In all peasant art simple In design, gay in color. All you have to do is to trace the outlines from the pattern and then fill them in following the color guide. You may want to use them for decorating tin trays, boxes and gifts for Christmas too. A list of materials and full directions are included. It. is a crazy world. The Greeks Nofe This Garden Flower Painting who were supposed o be liberated Pattern may be obtained by sending 15 cents with name and address direct to: got tougher treatment than the Japs who are supposed to be conquered. "In months to come the emphasis will be on reducing the cost of crop Japs are being treated as chums. production per unit," the statement Indicted seditionists continue their sprees. Nazi war prisoners sets forth. "That means making every acre do a better crop producing are coddled. Nothing 'is being done about the Argentinazis and Spanish job. "In every community there are fascists who aided our enemies. Our farmers who increased their war- diplomats are leery about punishAt the time crop output as high as 50 per ing all war criminals. cent, without increasing the cultivat- same time, Isolationists are slinged area by one single acre. In ing slime at FDR. Our Russian ally every case the larger yield was the is being rapped. Some politicos opresult of adopting good soil fertility pose plans to make certain Ameripractices. The experience of these cans will have jobs. before the ravaged countries can WHOONELL WON the war? can be profitably followed farmers come back anywhere near to norby their neighbors in their peacemal In the meantime American Berlin newsboy Gladwin Hill retime operations. Their farmers have a big job ahead to methods not only prevented layed this striking contrast between help keep whole continents alive and waste of fertility, but actually have the Soviet's stern realism in Nazi-lan- d healthy. During this same time the and America's hemming and helped restore it. United States itself must be fed. hawing. . . . While the Americans "Such include methods growing As demobilization of our armed legumes to enrich the soil's nitro- were working out the fine points of forces proceeds, there will be less gen and organic matter supply, the a long range program to provide need for the various services to have movies, the use of adequate quantities of mixed Germans with great stocks of food in reserve. That fertilizers containing nitrogen, phos- Russians blandly authorized Gerwill tend to increase civilian supphorus and potash, liming, contour man movie houses to reopen with plies as well as permit better displowing and a limiting, so far as pos- the implicit warning to every Gertribution. man exhibitor that if he peddled any sible, of crops." No Major Farm Surplus. Nazism he might turn up missing. Soil Fertility Replenishment. With industrial reconversion getThe matter of soil fertility replenUsing their own ngly hatred inting the green light, the dislocation of ishment wilt have an important stead h of facts, some workers caused by war contract bearing on the peacetime continua- rags are attempting to pin the cutbacks may be of much shorter tion of farm prosperity. If the blame for Pearl Harbor on FDR. duration than has been anticipated. nation's farms are to be kept pro- . . . However, none of them raise That means more peacetime civilian job their voices about the fact that ductive, a vast jobs. One thing the war demonstratlies immediately ahead. Gen. Mac Arthur was caught naped was that if the entire nation is How important this is may be un- ping at Manila. Almost our entire at work, there is no major farm surderstood from a recent report issued airforce in the Philippines was deplus problem. by the Soil Conservation service ci stroyed on the ground TEN HOURS The greatest crops in history have the department of agriculture which AFTER the PH attack. been produced during the war. The estimated that nearly one billion record year was 1942. Next was h acres more than 90 per cent of the Some of us wondered why 1944 and indications are that this desoil conwere who farmlands need and nation's GImpel, 1945 so will exceed 1943, that year servation treatment to protect them posited on the Eastern shore by a may be the third best. from erosion and to maintain their Nazi submarine, had their death Credit for this epic achievement sentences commuted to life in prisfertility. must go to the nation's farmers, but h Wartime crop goals used up the on. . . . The col'm learns that the contribution of the fertilizer in(the American) "was of consoil's resources of nitrogen, phosdustry should not be overlooked. Agphorus and potash faster than they siderable help to the U. S." (with ricultural authorities estimate that could be replaced in spite of the fact information), which is why his senmore than 20 per cent of the crop the fertilizer Industry broke all tence was commuted. . . . But Gim-pthat in war been the years has production gave no help whatever and he production records. Farmprevious due to the use of fertilizers. The was ers realized this spared, too. have that wartime use of plant foods has been of esYou've gotta hand it to those terdrain on their soil's fertility level sential importance to the "food prowas a necessary contribution to vic- rible Russians. When they capture duction program because it has entory. But the fact remains that spies they fix it so they never abled farmers to produce bigger wealth borrowed from the soil to again have toothaches. crops on existing acres instead of help hasten peace must be repaid. to acres of millions having plow up Admiral Halsey visited the While every encouragement will U.When of additional farm land. The saving S. it was said he came for rest, to soil in labor, equipment and man hours be given rebuilding projects which Isn't the fact . . . Halsey was has been enormous. by the federal government and by beached for sassing a Big Boy from state agricultural agencies, the ma- the Farm income during rectnt years Navy Dep't . . . This exec has passed the peaks reached durjor responsibility for getting the Job had flown to Halsey's ship to probe done will rest on the shoulders oi ing and immediately 'after World something that had to do with losindividual farmers. a It turned out to be shortThe effectiveness of the individual ing ofship. which was not the Adshells, age farmer's soil rebuilding program miral's fault. The blame rested with can be enhanced by the men In SF and San of agronomists at state agricul- the supply tural colleges and experiment sta- Diego. arrived onAt any rate, this Halsey's birthday tions. Through research and experi- biggie mentation over long span of years, and as a the ship's officers gave surprise birthday cake these experts have developed Infor- Halsey from Washmation concerning fertilizer needs with candles, the Man on the party by put damper ington for various crops and soils that il "A birthday cake? With helpful to the farmer who is under- saying: starving? You all ought to be taking a replenishment program. people To which Halsey, of the fertilize: ashamed!" The whose men love him for his courwill be an effective aid, industry also. The present plant capacity ol age and war record, said: "I'm manufacturers is sufficient to meet very sorry, sir, you are unhappy about us all having a little cake. ill peacetime needs of agriculture. Tell how's the food been lately Farmers are more fortunately sit- at theme,Stork Club?" . . . When Mr. uated for accomplishing their Big got back to Washington Halsey Job than at any time in th was beached. past generation. Dollars Invested in war bonds, during the period when President Truman's warm humilfarm cash Income has been at a high has been his most striking charity a low level and farm debt at point, , llf Imll niiimi it Miiwirnr r ailMiiiiinftft to iilliiriaii can provide the ready cash to pay acteristic. Perhaps it Is best illusIncreased production of dairy and poultry products has been little short for the nitregen, phosphorus and pot- trated by his favorite motto: "It's f a miracle. Better breeding, feeding and management has been the ash needed to build up the fertility what you learn after you know it all that counts." answer. Even greater results can be expected in the next few years. level of America's soil. will be no immediate cutback in production despite the end of the war. In the months to come, domestic and military needs of the United States plus the relief demands from liberated areas in Europe and the Pacific will take all the food this nation can produce. With vast areas of Europe and Asia laid waste, American farmers will be called on to produce and keep on producing. It may be years a myth that your new kitchen must be cold and clinical. It may be as gay and cozy as you like and your modern equipment will settle right down and be perfectly at home. 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