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Show Crime Wave In Harlem New York newspapers are telling the world about a "crime wave" in Harlem, where hundreds hun-dreds of extra policemen lhave been put on duty to break up gangs of boys. The New Forte times thinks that while "we may be appalled at the youth of the criminals" they "must toe nun down and placed where their viciousness will '-so longer endanger the public." It calls attention to the statement state-ment of Police Chief Commissioner Commis-sioner Valentine in reference to "poor housing conditions in Harlem" and suggests that this creates a "task for the parent, the clergyman, the social worker work-er and toe teacher." What about the government? Has it any responsibility for slovenly slums that compel thousands of people to live under un-der conditions where crime is almost inevitable in toe life ox the vounpsters? The City of New York is a great metropolitan area, the richest in the nation. It has stupendous wealth, compared to other places. Why not urge the metropolis to do something about the housing conditions in Harlem, where so many Negroes Ne-groes have to live? |
