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Se o Co e Pitches andi ~~ Parker Row With Brown. Governor Says 2 Lawmen Aren't Doing Good Job Police Chief Parker and Sheriff \\Pitchess, accused Friday by Gov. Brown of “obviously not doing a good job,” struck back a few hours later with charges]; that the governor was irre- sponsible and ignorant. : Parker and Pitchess held). a press conference in the Po-|’ lice Building after Gov.| Brown, at his morning press | | | were “not doing law enforce-|: ment in this state any good]: at all.” : The governor did not} name either Pitchess or Parker but left no doubt that he meant them when he re- ferred to “political peace offi- cers” in Los Angeles City and County. ‘Not Doing Good Jobs’ Brown specifically indicat- ed his displeasure with Park- er and Pitchess for opposing his action granting clemency to a Los Angeles police kill- er, Erwin (Machine Gun) Walker. The governor, a opponent of capital punish ment, commuted Walker’s sentence’ from death to life imprisonment. . : Brown said that Walker is want the spectacle of putting a man in a condemned cell and seeing him go insane again,” he added... .- 1: 4 “Constant criticism by ’ people who obviously are not doing good jobs themselves is not doing law enforce ment any good,” Brown said. _ “Then you are saying that a good job of law enforc ment is not being done i Los Angeles?” a repor asked. “Definitely,” the govern said. . ernor is opposed to. Now the Talk to Newsm “ Parker and Pitchess co i- ferred briefly in Parker’s of- fice before appearing before the press in the Police Com- mission hearing room. : __They said they had sen identical telegrams to the governor demanding a com- plete transcript of the “al- Jegations” which they said they knew,of only through the newspapers. . The police chief and the sheriff said they were com- pletely in agreement with each other in defending their records against the gover- nor’s assault. Chief Parker said that if . “At next Tuesday’s elec- tion” Parker said, “the three have all praised our law en- forcement.” Called Intemperate “The whole thing boils down to this,” Parker said. “We peace officers have a legislative program the gov- conflict has degenerated i a hog-calling contest.” | Sheriff Pitchess said | Please Turn to Pg. 7, Co *