Show creation of american scotland yard advocated to cope with Racketeer racketeering ind new york city creation of an american scotland ya yard rd with a national police for or the control ot of racketeering and attendant crimes is proposed in a report to the federal liar bar association by a committee 0 of tile association it calls tor for a amendment to create the proper authority by which the federal government would have jurisdiction concurrently with the states over homicide mor coercion clon extortion and assault prepared by franklin P russell professor of 0 law at brooklyn law a school chool and vice chairman of the antl and racketeering committee ot of the association the report has this to say concerning control ot of crime by states there are many serious handicaps to the administration ol of justice in a a state the police officers prosecuting attorneys and in some soine cases the judges particularly of 0 the lower judiciary are frequently susceptible to influence of one sort or another probably few will dispute the statement that the criminal classes are much more afraid of the fed oral eral government than they are ot of state authorities this fear which the federal government inspires in the criminal classes constitutes one of f the nations most powerful weapons in an attack on organized crime it would be an act ace ot of folly to throw away this potent weapon rather we should seek beete ties for or its greater use |