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The Examiner Bureau SACRAMENTO — Gov. Brown dispatched a brusque letter to Los Angeles Police Chief Parker and sheriff Pitchess Monday telling them. law enforcement under their commands has sufféred while they tell others how to. run , t¥eir business. © = -f> JResponding to the officals’ démands for .a transcript of his March: 31 news confer- ence, in which Brown accused the pair of having “the worst law enforcement record in the lentire state,’ Brown complied with the request, but attached a letter renewing his assault on them. The original attack by the Governor stemmed from their criticism of Brown’s commu- In his letter, Brown said “T o not intend to argue fur: ther the subjects concerned,” then criticized their leader- ship and attached statistics it was asserted show Los [-" ent attention to your primary responsibility of providing better leadership for law en- forcement in Los Angeles _ |City and County. -/ “It is true you have been busy. You have been telling ju¢ges how. to conduct their coprts, legislators how }jto te laws, and the Goverzor to exercise his const! tional powers of clemency? 1 “T hope the attacnea tastics will lead you to e e whether you might n hafe reason to be as crit! of lyour own efforts as y of the efforts of your fellow public officials.” , acking Won by Parker, Pitchess © The City Council, Supervisor Dorn and the vice president of League Monday gave their sup- port to Police Chief Parker and Sheriff Pitches in their battle with Gov. Brown. aa ‘The Governor had charged law enforcement agencis were not doing the jobs well. Lemoine Blanchard, author lof the Council’s resolution of lconfidence in Parker , and ‘Pitchess, said Brown “has no right to attack the ‘and effectiveness of one of : the finest police units in the “world.” - | : Supervisor Dorn called upon poth sides to “get together and solve the common prob- lem of n: control,” at a. 50th ersary luncheon! of the Woman's Civic League.| Louis Nowell, Fire & Police! arrests. League vice president, ; Also, it was sald, In 1960,] 3B °s charges of poor iw lorcement, “disregard. fhe in Los Angeles County, ‘sok who has high regard ‘for: } the rest of the state, t the police department's work,| the puk* e 1146 felony reports 190,000. Per Brown sent Parker .. and Pitchess tabulations showing that in 1960, Los Angeles County recdrded 57,958 ar rests with 14,976, or. 25 per cent, complaints: filed, as jcompared with 29 per cent in Alameda County. and 30 per. cent in San ‘Francisco. In 1959, according to the figures, Los Angeles showed filings in 29 percent of the arrests, with’ San. Francisco totaling 30, and San Diego) and Alameda counties each 35 per cent. The Governor's of- fice said: , “In the matter of narcotics law enforcement, Los Angeles: Jags even more markedly. “The State Dept. of Correc-| tions reports that in 1960 only one of every six persons ar-' rested on felony narcotics: charges in Los Angeles Coun! “In the rest of the state, a tained rere