Show Law bw eme t There is little chance that the dikes of decency and morality in n America can long withstand the lie surging tidal Udal wave of crime threatening our Nation unless very every citizen just as in flood flood- menaced communities is wiling will will- ing ng to pitch in to help stem the tide ide This TIlls issue of oC the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin contains contain s a poster which is available in 1 n quantity without cost to law enforcement agencies civic an and d service ervice organizations ity ly associations ns and other groups interested in programs of striking back at criminality This of course is but one method of fighting lighting the thc evil which hangs ominously over the of ot all Americans but it t may well be used to strike he the spark of resistance in areas i where a lethargic public fails taUs to o recognize recognize the danger of ot crime rime Preliminary figures compiled and recently released by the FBI indicate that serious crime reached cached an all time high in 1960 12 1960 12 per cent above the 1959 rate Figures are a cold and impersonal im im- im- im p personal personal index j a index to any social dilemma but an awakening to the he crisis is imperative Our countrymen must be convinced of oC the real and savage nature of oC everyday crime which lurks lurk lust just beneath the thin surface of their world of ot false security Of Ot the more than sets of fingerprints on an file me i In n the thc FBI's Identification Division Division Divi Divi- Division sion there are arc at any given time almost cards which bear small red tabs These tabs mean that the owners of oC these fingerprints arc are wanted by some same law enforcement agency in connection with crimes crimes- fugitives walking in ou our r midst at all times limes Surely America J must be concerned fo for r this is merely an indication o of f the actual number of men women and youthful criminals criminal s who are ready to spring into violence at the provo provo- cation I ny By tradition Americans have never left the task o oo 0 tim tile t r defense to one small group Their fellow Ame t ns t I taw law enforcement officers of this Nation are embattled th i r ranks arc thin and most mast of them carry carryon on the fight for tar something more marc significant to them than the inadequate pay they receive A solid front of citizens behind be be- behind hind the law enforcement officer of of- facer licer who stands face lace to face a e with the criminal is the prerequisite pre requisite for turning back the forces of crime |