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Show FOffiSTS END 8F CRJHE iVE William J. Burns Thinks It Will Exhaust Itself in Six Months BY E M. THIERRY j NED YORK. Jan. 16. -William .1 Burns, masim del. -five, piedicts the crime wave will exhaust itself within with-in six months. Burns Intimates police in all big ' ities oubl put a tighter check on crime. He advocates thorough investiga-I investiga-I tion ol police departments nni ep lerting even effort to minimise crime. "What is the cause ol ihe crime wave?" was asked Burns, i "History shows that a wave or crime has followed every war We have just had the greatesl war 'and now the greatest crime wave." HOW WAR REACTED Just bow did war Increase criminality0'' crim-inality0'' "We suddenly look 1,000,000 younp, men from all walks of life, taught t hem the arts of war and then put th?ni on the battlefields. Many lost their sense of proportion; human life came lo mean little. Then, as suddenly. the were released re-leased from the army Many didn't want to go back to the ordinary pursuits pur-suits of life. They craved excitement. And thev turned to crime to get it." "Whai effect ditl prohibition have on crime?" "It is responsible, of course, for more moonshlnlng and bootlegging. Bui I believe prohibition has wiped cut munt of Hie cesspools Ui.it were breeding places for criminals." 'How can the crime wave be checked?" "By efficient work by police and prosecutors." "What will happen if the crime wave is not checked Qulckl ?" ''Nothing to cause alarm. It can j not continue, anyway Within six mouths the crime wave will have 1 ; disappeared and we will be back. I Automatically to normal conditions ' |