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    "ocrText": "OFFICE: HEARST SQUARE\nPROSECUTORS DRAFT SEVEN-FOLD WAR ON CRIME\n23\nCHICAGO ILL TIMES\nTUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931.\nNATION WIDE\nWARNS OF GANG PERIL TO NATION\nBUREAU WILL\nG. E. Q. JOHNSON\nFIGHT GANGS\nCHICAGO ILL CALUMET\nTELLS PROSECUTORS\nTUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931.\nClearing House for Criminal\nTHEY MUST ACT\nRecords Urged; Swanson\nGeorge E. Q. Johnson, U.S. district\nattorney for Chicago addressing prose-\nSOUTH CHICAGO POLICE IN\nand Fitts Sponsor Meet Here\n(Picture on Back Page.)\ncu attorneys\nPlans for concerted nation-wide\nfrom.all parts of the\ncountry called to a\ndrive on organized crime were\nby\nlaunched yesterday at the opening\nState's Atty. Swan-\nsession in the Palmer House of a\nson, asserted the\nonly hope of defeat-\nILL COURIER\ning organized crime\nCAPT. COLLINS\ntwo-day conference of prosecuting\nTUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931.\nattorneys from many sections of\nlay in their going\nthe United States.\nbeyond their recog.\nThe conference, sponsored by\nnized field as court\nHEADS THOSE\nState's Attorney John A. Swanson\nprosecutors and op-\nof Cook County and District Attor-\nerating as investi-\ngators.\nGeorge E. Q\nJohnson\nCLAIM CRIME\nney Buron Fitts of Los Angeles, in\n\"In handling the\nto be the forerunner of a perma-\nnew type of crime with attendant\nnent national association of prose-\ngangs and their gorillas who kill for\nhire, our police have utterly failed,'\nSUMMONED\ncutors, to direct the warfare on\nPROBLEM FOR\norganized criminals.\nhe said, \"and this is the problem\nWEIGH SEVEN PLANS.\nwhich is fast becoming, if it is not\nA committee of six of the prose-\nalready a national problem.\nMust Act as Investigators\nU.S. TO SOLVE\ncutors was designated to draw up\nplans for the permanent organiza-\nRAIDS WERE MADE BY FEDERAL\ntion and to consider the following\n\"Wh le we recognize the law im\nAGENTS LAST JULY: CAPTAIN\nseven suggestions for the crime\nposes no duty upon us beyond ably\npresenting the evidence, an impatient\nChicago, Mar. United Press)\nCOLLINS NOW AT FILLMORE\ndrive:\nCrime is national problem and\nFIRST-Establish a national sys-\npublic will not permit the prosecutor\nSTATION: MORE TO BE\nto be merely the lawyer. He must go\nmust be handled as such, prosecuting\ntem of crime records as a clear-\nCALLED.\nbeyond that and lead in the investiga-\nattorneys and police chiefs from all\ning house, by which police offi-\nsections of the country agreed today\ncials throughout the country may\ntion of crimes.\n'Nothing reflects more greatly upon\nat their first conference to organize\nbe constantly advised of the\ncrime fighting national rather\nmovements of organized crimi-\nthe administration of justice than\nthan a state or local scale.\nPolice Captain Patrick J. Collins,\nnals.\nthese unpunished gangster assassina-\ntions.\" he asserted.\nOne after another of the officials,\nformerly in charge of South Chicago\nSecond-Form interstate contracts\n\"My investigations of killings of\nwho gathered here to exchange views\npolice district,2at the time Federal\nfor speedy extradition of crim-\nthis type lead me to think that the\non such problems as gang eradication\nagents made \"wholesale\" raids last\ninals and witnesses.\npolice nvestigations of these murders\nand extradition of criminals, spoke\ngo little beyond perfunctory reports.\nof crime as being organized national\nJuly. was summoned to the federal\nThird-Urge the federal govern-\nment to hasten deportation for\nlv and stressed the need of mobilizing\nbuilding today along with Sergt. Wm.\nalien criminals.\nNeed Secret Service Methods\ntheir own forces on a similar basis.\nReed. former acting captain Joseph\nFourth-Launch a criminal disarm-\n\"This is the type of crime that re-\nPrincipal business before officials\nJ. Dubach and Harold McCoy. now in\nament drive to take away gang-\nquires the most skilled type of in-\ntoday was the perfecting of their new\norganization. Members of the organ-\ncharge of one of the squads in the\nland's deadly weapons, and make\nvestigator.\nis impossible for criminals to pur-\n'It is hopeless to get evidence\nization committee were: Prosecutor\nSouth Chicago district.\nchase firearms and machine\nagainst this type of criminal except by\nJohn A. Swanson of Cook county;\nguns.\nsecret service methods. Very few\nProsecutor James R. Page of Kansas\nThey are to be questioned by U. S.\nFifth-Shorten the time of criminal\npolice departments have been or-\nCity; District Attorney Eugene Stan-\nDistrict Attorney Daniel Anderson.\nappea\niction, and force\nganized to do this kind of work, hence\nley of New Orleans; Assistant Dis-\ndefer\ngin serving term\nthe dismal failures.\ntrict Attorney Fred S. Holbrook of\nThe story is that for several weeks\nto\n\"The blackest blot on the whole\nRochester, N. Y.: Prosecutor E. M.\nthe government has had a man inves\nchapter of the administration of crim-\nit more difficult\nBurgunder of Seattle; County Attor-\ntigating the conditions in the \"Bush\nrofessional criminals\ninal law is caused by the inability on\nney Edward J. Goff of Minneapolis;\nthe part of the police to deal with\ndistrict, and in order to \"get in right.'\ntheir activities by\nand District Attorney Buron Fitts of\nconstitutional rights\"\ngang murders.\nLos Angelec, whose idea it was that\nhe started in the saloon business, but\nested.\nofficials from all over the country\nwas at first refused a license, but la-\nBRANCH LIBRARY\nevelop and utilize every\nmeet here to form a permanent and\nter had it O. K.'d from the city hall.\nmodern levice for crime\nconsistently active national organiza-\nand pusecution.\ntion.\nIt is said that some of the dry-bar\n\"We must guard against having\nPOLICE LAXITY\nthe sort of organization which will\nkeepers \"talked\" after they were ar\nmeet once a year for social pur-\nrested by the government men, and\nposes,\" explained Fitts at the open-\nquestioned by U. S. District Attorney\ning session yesterday. \"We need an\nGeorge E. Q. Johnson.\nJudge McGo\nrefused his plea for\norganization that will function every\nbail.\nday in the year.\"\nThese statements. turned over to\n\"This woman has not slept or\nProsecutor Goff of Minneapolis\nJohnson for action. are alleged to:con\nbathed since Friday,' said Levy. \"She\noutlined the general view on the na-\ntain charges that the speakeasies oper\nhas two children who need her. She is\ntional aspect of crime by reviewing\nthe victim of unfortunate advice.\"\nopinions based upon the report of\nated by police permission, and to have\ncontained accounts of the purported\n\"She will be called from the jail\nthe Hoover law enforcement commis-\nwhen the grand jury is ready for her,\"\nsion.\npayment of protection money.\nthe judge said. \"We may take some\nGoff estimated that crime annually\nSergeant Reed and Officer McCov\naction after that, but meanwhile Iam\ncosts taxpayers of the United States\nmore than $2,000,000,000 and that it\nwere the only two officers ordered to\nunable to help.\"\ncosts perhaps $11,000,000,000 more\nreport to the federal building from the\nAttacks Jury Status.\nfor prevention of crime and isolation\nSouth Chicago police district today,\nLevy based his motion on the con-\nand punishment of criminals who are\ntention that the jury, sworn in Jan\nconvicted.\nbut it is reported that more will be\n7. is now functioning illegally. He\nHe declared that within the coun-\nasked to tell what they know about\nattempted to cite decisions to sup-\ntry's borders there is an \"army of\nconditions in the district.\nport his contention.\nmore than half a million free, pro-\n\"As a rule,\" broke in the court, \"I\nfessional criminals. with 325,000 oth-\nallow lawyers to have a full hearing.\ners confined in the country's 5,000\nBut am familiar with all of the de-\npenal institutions.\ncisions in respect to this case.\nGoff said he had learned reliably\n\"The special grand jury is of such\nthat 600 sub-machine guns were sold\nimportance that if it were disbanded\nlast year to criminals in one city-\nnow, it would be civic calamity and\nnot Chicago. He asked the other of-\na recognition of defeat. The people\nficials to try to imagine how much\nare helpless and are looking to the\nchance \"ordinary citizens\" had when\nlaw for aid.\nthere were within the city 600 crim-\n'You may save your points, how-\ninals armed with guns that weigh\never, but at this time shall hold-\nonly 12 pounds each, can be handled\nand I think properly-that this spe-\nas easily as rifle and can fire 600\ncial grand jury is legal and I hope\nbullets minute.\nwill function until its job is com\nState's Attorney Swanson and Pro-\npleted\nsecutór Page both urged that all\nstate barriers be broken down in or-\nganizing to fight crime and pointed\nout that \"criminal ements have not\nbeen slow in organizing effectively.\nSwanson said many national crime\n\"rings\" existed and that only a na-\ntional organization of police and pro-\nclared that law enforcement\nsecutors could combat them effective-\nagencies in general have failed to\nly.\ncope with the gangster problem.\nSome of the things which the pre-\nMr. Johnson said:\nsecutors were agreed should be ac-\n\"The blackest blot in the whole\ncomplished at their first meeting\nchapter of the adi inistration of\nwere: establishment of the start of a\ncriminal\n12\ned\nby\nthis\nin-\nnational system of keeping crime rec-\nability of\nto deal with\nords; formation of a national \"clear-\ngang murd.\ning house' to speed up extradition of\nHe added that although such\ncriminals; and launching of a na-\ncases require the most skilled type\ntional drive to disarm the criminal\nof under-cover investigation before\nelement and make it more difficult\nthey can be solved. the police have\nfor criminals to obtain firearms.\ncontented themselves with little\nGeorge EL Q Johnson, United\nmore than perfunctory reports.\nStates attorney who has made a 100\nCRIME COST EQUALS WAR.\nper cent record in prosecution of\nState's Attorney Swanson, who\nChicagoans charged with not paying\npresided, urged the need of break-\nincome taxes, spoke to the prosecu-\ning down present state barriers to\ntors\nlast\nnight.\neffective crime prosect\nHe stressed that the gangs of many\nThe conference will continue to-\ncities- he named Chicago, New York,\nday.\nDetroia, Philadelphia and St. Louis-\n1931\n23\nlong had been working together in\ncarrying out gang killings.\nCommending the officials for their\nattempts to organize, Johnson said it\nwas impossible for authorities in any\none city to deal alone with gangs\nwhich hired each others gunmen to\ngo from city to cit committing mur-\nder for hire."
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