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ee TOT OR TIS ee OF EE aN CT ONIN: OO aI DEE STO ten nO Se Se RY ae ae aan ee er Oe ea PRO ee Sn Ss a Ee ee Te - 7 A. Me, 7 Games: —————— PITCHESS-PARKER # Continued from. First Page rate increase was lower in “ inded”? , ¢ Los Angeles than it was in [was estou a m oy OM the San Francisco Bay area ‘called it “an irresponsible and the 10 counties of the ‘and intemperate’ attack. of|Sacramento area, | his pres- ipersonal animosity.” ent ead quatre: coyhich Fhe sheriff said “he had|,, Ue sald Oakland, © whit never been subjected to such the governor singles out for e ‘attack in 25 years of law. praise,” had a 26% crime in- lerease last year, while the enforcement work, figure for Los Angeles, des- ! Noting that the governor|pite its population growth, said law enforcement ‘waS|was only: 18.5%. San Fran- _adequate in the Los Angeles|cisco had a 4.2% population larea except within the city|loss and a crime increase of pag neariss THs lof Los Angeles itself and|17,3%, he said. ‘ StF SS ‘within the unincorporated gs Po fe areas, Sheriff Pitchess said Convictions at 97% pep em ety he wondered if the governor| Sheriff Pitchess said he bees whe Be Nerheed Fe realized that the sherifi’s|mot only resented what he moe Ae office was responsible for law|regarded as a personal attack a. enforcement in 23 Southern|upon himself but the impli-]. me California incorporated com-!cation that the “10,000 men foo YF woe OV munities under contract. © jand women in law enforce- : ; Quotes Figures ment work” also were inef-: oe nad ‘Parker said the governor's ficient. 3 statement showed “an appal-|- He said the sheriff’s de ling Jack of knowledge of the crime problem in the .Great- er Los Angeles area.”. . He said that the state’s own figures show that.in the \first -half of 1960,. the latest ‘figures available, #e=ezime