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Show CRIME GROWING LESS, IS BELIEF WASHINGTON. March 2 7 There Is not as much hilarity ns there used to be, Attorney Daugrherty told the houaa committee the- other tiny while testlfylntf as to the financial needs of his department. I "I think the country over, crime Is Ion the- decrease," the attorney general I Is quoted as saying in the printed hearings hear-ings made public today. "The countn is getting settled down; pc-oplo are be-Icominsr be-Icominsr normal, there Is not quite so much recklessness In the world, not I'lUllc so much avarice, and not quite so i much hilarity." I "There Is no question about the hilarity," hil-arity," Representative Tmkham. Ma-a-achusotLs, Interrupted "I think naturally we may expect as the country appreciates the fact that It is compelled to settle up. that the people of the country will bo Inclined In-clined to settle down" the attorney general declared. |