Show irresistible forces moving to make end of era of lawlessness by ARTHUR V LASHLY director of crinne crime survey chicago Ch icaco crime in america has readied reached the point of saturation but I 1 am persuaded that history will note the swing of the pendulum in the other direction and that the next ten years will see some remarkable readjustments of our attitudes toward crime crime criminals and the enforcement of law tile the reaction of tile the people is already making itself felt in tile movement for law enforcement and the suppression of crime which is sweeping the country this thi movement has crystallized from a number of beginnings in several of the states until it tins has assumed a national aspect the people are arc studying tile the question as it tins has never been studied before citizen committees and official commissions organized to obtain and pub lish the facts and to keep a day by day check upon law enforcing agencies have sprung up in a number of cities and states the press of the country is almost unanimous in its advocacy of better laws and better administration and enforcement of those laws il these n activities nativities nativi ties in my opinion have substantially contributed to filling our alir prisons to overflowing especially in states having largo large urban centers een and in my judgment a you you will see an ever increasing prison population as this tin s movement gains headway and becomes irresistible until government again luis lias crime under reasonable control |