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Negi ee - OARS ed age U.5.A. Confining oneself to the figures on a whole of dmerican statistics it seems that crime which,since 1943, had not ceased to grow in the United States, is starting to decrease sinca the latter part of 1947. The number of grave crimes represents, in couparison to tr a reduction of more than 10%. The number of indictments lodged in 1947 was 28,489 as compered with 31,842 in 1946. Juvenile delinguency seems to have decreased by 32% - as to the number of crimse, 3,516 young people were arrested as compared with 4,683 the | preceding year. The cases of homicide increased from 346 to 352, but as against this thefts with house-breaxing decreased by 8% and automobile theft by 10%. It is still too soon to make a hasty diagnosis of the iliness - or convalescence - of a public spirit strongly shaxen by war - or to seé in this =e ten improvement the reflection of police progress - recruitment and equisment. These figures must be taken for what they are: an sncouraging sympton. “al Ss ee ce re et