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cemernmeee nce ere Te emer we Lee ‘. . . Rey 4 Te a 2 2? . _ ° Ay Te au bel ge ” UNITED STATES GOVI ‘MENT | ) wis ee I EE SES EIR TTTTTEEEEEEE EEE . . ce cece eewencmmegmm ee tet ee ee a + Liter deere --+ is pee na te tate malaae ee ae alee Lice eee r , ; . oe rf rN oF ye . ¥ OPTtonat FORM HO. 10 G WSIS sa _Helmont oe: TO >: Mr. DeLoachgy DATE: 8-11-60 On me \W. esuriga — Z \ NY ‘Fele. Room FROM : M, A WSbnes, Ingram ——__— memorandum. Gandy —————— ( / sunject: "LET'S ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT" feb © ARTICLE BY GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN (D-CAL) | wh nee AUGUST, 1960, ISSUE "GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE" an oo SYNOPSIS: yl | Captioned article analyzed item by item in accordance with ’ D> Director's request. Article does not mention Bureau or Director. Article begins with Brown's decision on 2-18-60, to grant Chessman 8th reprieve. Brown fails to mention that one of most important factors he considered in reaching this decision was State Department telegram advising Chessman's execution might lead to hostile demonstrations against President Eisenhower when he visited Uruguay. Brown's popularity declined over his handling of Chessman case and this article may be shrewd attempt by Brown to recapture lost political ground, Many statistics in article are self-serving, inaccurate, and indicate sloppy job of research. For example, Brown cites a 1958 survey by Elmo Roper ,- Associates which revealed that only 42 per cent of American people favored death penalty, 50 per cent opposed it, and 8 per cent had no opinion. Brown, however, © fails to mention that a U.S. Gallup poll conducted in March, 1969, reflected 51 per cent of American population favored death penalty, 36 per cent opposed it and - 13 per cent were undecided. Calling for "'a nationwide educational campaign that will show the case for the abolition of capital punishment without generating hatred or maudlin — sympathy, "' Brown notes "some states" that abolished the death penalty have put it back on their books. Actually, it appears that legislatures of numerous states are more discerning in dealing with capital punishment than are the starry-eyed idealists who clamor for its abolition. Nine states which. had abolished the death. penalty later reinstituted it, Only one state has recently abolished the death penalty (Delaware in 1958), and nine states in past two years pave neiegteg- proposals to abolish capital punishment. | Te NEL OU xe f Some of the more glaring inaccumotes in By 's article are: | (1) Brown said that from 1938-53, there were 112 ex@eutinigegn California. Figur i of Federal Bureau of Prisons reflect 117 executions in-Galifornia-from 1938-53. ; (2) "Women commit one out of every seven murders..." Latest Bureau figures Go ’ (1958) reflect one out of every five| persons arrested 'Gorthurder is a woman. ° et tenn “ ah, Enclosure. aN aeeop S gE aa a . 5 (S 7 ato ” ‘1.- Mr. DeLoach soypbinscs oe { “e ve 2 \ A By mn ee