Hoover Asks Penalties Fit Crimes FBI Director J.. Edgar Hoover, in a letter. to all law enforcement officials, calls for stern action in the courts to make ollhe punishment :fit· the crime and realistic administration of rehabilitative' measures to force back the criminal plague. . The letter, issued Tuesday, Aug. 1, follows: Nothing discourages and disheartens law enforcement officers more than the knowledge 4Jhat· their effor·ts in apprehending. cl'iminaIs are too often no more than useless expenditures of time and money - useless because unwarranted leniency in the form of suspended sentences, parole, or probation so frequelltly makes a mockery of good !ponce work. Assuredly, we must con'tin1Ilally strive to rehabilitate those
FBI HEAD .SEES OPPORTUNITY FOR JUDICIARY TO BACK UP EFFORTS OF NATION'S POLICE persons who have strayed from lawful ways. On the. other hand, consideration must be given to protecting society by isolating depraved individuals who have no respect for law and order or the rights of others. The scales of justice must be balanced. Certainly, the principles of parole, probation, and other rehabilitative measures are good, but maladministration can nullify their worthwhile aspects. Conscientious, hard _ work,ing parole and probation officers, frequently underpaid and seldom able to discharge the heavy burdens placed upon them by the archaic clemency systems
still existing in some aTeas, are just not equipped to cope with ever-expanding caseloads.· Adding to the10r dilemma are some misinformed and misguided jurists and an apathetic citizenr-y who cause and condone the release of hardened criminals who gloatingly accept society's softness and repay it in the coin of treachery.. The realm of vice, which is the. breeding ground for crimes of greater violence, is winked at in far too many instances. A rece11Jt preliminary survey on courts in a large city revealed, for example, tha,t of almost 30,000 individuals arrested for lottery,
n u m b e 1" s rackets, gambling, bookmaking, prostitution, and operating a disorderly house, 73 percent were discharged by magistrates! Out of well over 800 gamblers who pleaded guHty, only 12 percent ever' went to jail! FiVty-eight percent were ordered to pay fines or costswhioh have been correctly described as nothing more than license fees for gamblers. Two hundred and fifty others were given suspended sentences or placed on probation; When vice, the very fountainhead of crime, is treated lightly, it is not difficult to understand why criminals do not feaT the
"wretlh" of some of rfuis Nation'. courts. Inveterate criminals who prey on honest men and still escape punishment are encouraged in their disdain for law and go on to commit depredaUons of even more heinous proportions. America is not a vengeful land, it is not a cruel land; but certainIy something must be done to make i,t an internally peaceful land. Crime in 1960 rose 12 percent over the previous year, and in ,the first quarter of 1961 our country appears headed fora newall-time high annual record. 'I1he first part of this year shows an increase of 10 percent in crime in American cities, with a 9 percent jump in murders, a 2 percent rise in forcible rapes, and a 3 percent increase in aggravated assaults. Between March 1950 and June 1961, there have been 154 indiTurn to Page Fourteen
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WASHINGTON (NC) Juvenile delinquency will be "unbeatable in 10 years" unless a nationwide crusade against it is begun at once, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy testified here. Appearing before a House education subcommittee, Kennedy supported an administration bill (H.R. 7178) that would provide $10 million a year for five years for anti-delinquency work. Kenn~dy endorsed the bill's plan to coordinate and federally . subsidize various state and city organizations, both public and private, in a nationwide campaign against delinquency. The Secretary of Health, Education
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E·xpert onYout~h Problems Blasts TV Diet 'of Terror· WASHINGTON (NC) A, priest expert on youth' problems suggested to' a Senate subcommittee that action. be taken to cut down On the "diet of terror" offered to youngsters by television. Msgr. Joseph E. Schieder said be believes there is a basic "I for one," Msgr. Schieder 'derelationship between TV vio- clared "do not hesitate to echo lence and the increase in the sentiments of the Attorney crime. He' testified before General of the United States, as the subcommittee on juvenile reported recently, that the pordelinquency of the Sena,te Judi- trayal of 'crime and violence is a 'major factor' governing the ciary Committee. The director of the Youth De- appalling increase of juvenile partment, National Catholic Wel- delinquency." fare Conference, noted that the He told the subcommittee that Federal Bureau of Investigation "we find in the year 1961 young recently released statistics show- people possessed of an almost ing that crime in the U. S. in- appalling sophistication." creased 98 per ceilt between 1950 "They are accustomed to the ond 1960. Turn to Page Thirteen That decade, he stated "saw the rise of the great program cycles which are recognized in Bishop Connolly announced the progl'aming industry: the today that plans and specifieops-and-robbers cycle, the cycle cations for the new Catholic of the Western, of the 'private Memorial Girls' High School eye' and so on. A minimum of recollection will remind us that· in Taunton have been completed and that work will the dom inant characteristic of begi.n on the new Regional the cycles ... has been crime and High Schoo! this month. violence."
Catholic Councils Pledge Prayers for Presiderot WASHINGTON (NC)-The National Councils of Catholic Men and Women have sent President Kennedy a telegram pledging their prayerful support. The telegram, sent SOon after the President spoke on the Berlin situation, stated: "The National Coun- ident, and Mrs. Arthur L. Zep£,' cils of Catholic Men' and NCCW president. Women extend congratulaIn response to the President's tions to you on your forth- appeal, Archbishop Patrick A. right analysis of our present O'Boyle of Washington ordered erisis and your courageous solu- a specially composed "Prayer tion. We assure you of oW' For Our Nation" to be recited after all Masses Sunday in the !prayerful support." President Kennedy ended his archdiocese. :fI'ave message to the nation with. The prayer state!l in part: "We these words: "In meeting my re- pray especially for our President, sponsibilities in these coming that his inspired leadership may months as President, I need your give hope to a world threatened {tood will and your support-and, daily by war and that the heavy above all, your prayers." burden of responsibilities may' The telegram was signed bv not rest too heavily on his WiUiam F Johnson, NCCM pres- shoulder-s."
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MONTJHI OF TJHIE ][MMAClUlLATE HEART OF MARY: August is the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and it was the request of the Blessed Virgin at Fatima that the faithful "spread devotion to My Immaculate Heart." The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is observed on Aug. 22. NC Photo. '
Cardinal· Tardini Served Ho~y See, For 40 Years VATICAN CITY (NC) Domenico Cardinal Tardini, who served the Holy See for 40 years, died as he had lived-with obedience, humility and faith. Death came for the Vatican Secretary of State after a career that had included service as parish priest, ~ professor and Vatican Official: Cardinal Tardini's death leaves 83 cardinals. Thirty of these are Italians and 53 are of other nationalities. Mass for the Carditlal was offered yesterday in St. Peter's basilica in the presence of Pope John. The celebrunt was Archbishop Antonio Samore, the Cardinal's close collaborator as secretary for extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs in the Secretariat of State. After the funeral, his bod;v ~ll'1ll
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TOLEDO (NC) - Educators should aim to develop in students a real interest in superior school work, Bishop George J, Rehring ·of Toledo said here, In this way, Bishop Rehring said after a Mass opening the Summer session of Mary Manse College, they will be training students in leadership. The Bishop opposed making learning too easy and said educators should instead require hard work and instill a desire for scholastic achievement. "The real leader must learn very much on his own. He must carryon research by himself" he said. ' Most of the 650 students en-' rolled in the college Summer session are teachers or preparing for teaching.
K of C Membership Passes 1,140,000; Convene Aug. 15 NEW HAVEN (NC) - The Knights of Columbus has a record .1,143,714. members, according to a report prepared for delIvery at the three-day international convention starting Tuesday, Aug. 15 in Denver, Colo. The report, to be .,given to the convention by . . Rilcoand the Philippines. A-bout . h L S upreme K mg t uke E. 5,000 additional Knights and Hart, shows that 426,384 of members of their families will these members have more take part in the convention prothan $1.1 billion in insurance in gram. force under the fraternail soArchbishop Urban J. Vehr of ciety's program. ' Denver will preside Aug. 15 at a The K. of C. program of Cath- Pontifical Mass to be offered by oUc adveTtising now in its 13th Auxiliary Bishop David M. May'ear, has brought more than 4,- loney of Denver. Bishop Charles 100,000 inquiries from readers. It A. Buswell of Pueblo, Colo., will has resulted in the enrollment preach. of more than 425,000 in a free' Archbishop Vehr and Supreme course of religious instruction by Knight Hart will speak at a dinmail, conducted by the society's ner that evening which will be Religious Information Bureau in attended by bishops in the St: Loui's. Rocky Mountain area. . The 79th annual convention On Aug. 16 elections will be will draw 400 official delegates held for seven places on the representing 4,694 K. of C. coun- K. of C. 21-man board of direcells located throughout the U.S., tors. Directors aN elected ro:z Canada, Mexico, Cu:bao Puerio three-year berms.