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fig Choate gt Ck. Dore 22,1930. imported 40. Kew. York “to” birty cow farious piste of business, but senertily the stot stays close to is tomtliar Spgats./ jo apprehension of gangsters jad ary ae! a&fuction ot racketeering should be thy bimt-, of the police departments af the various | 2 Government should not be éx-, cted to interest tteelf in the sfippresion of erime, dut it can gh sh a aet wren deral atatuten are violated. 0 90-34 be revealing that Federal etteais nave’, stationed in Chteako since June rsa | pais agsinat ‘gungsters, Attorney Gen-} ) Mitchell listed the Federal statutes wpder which action may de taken. ‘These, Dertain to the income ‘ax, smuggling, inter | athte transportation of stolen vebicleg, {mmi-_ eration, white slavery, combinations in te" “atraint of trade, and prohibition. The De-.' prtments of Justice, Labor and the Treasury,‘ rough the Bureaus of Probébition, Nar ebtics, Internal Revenud. and Immigration, rf the Becret Service, bave bed extra foress - Chiesgo all summer. These forces, says’ e Attorney General, now to he “Torte a” Hope for relief: from’ te “wenace ot ngster Tule les ta.the result of the Gov- ment campaign is Obicago. If Federal ents are successful in the Windy City milar campaigns will be undertaken eise- Where, provided city officials, invite the lovernment to take a hand. Thes far iz jicago considerable syccass has followed @ prosecution of gangsters under the tn- me tax laws and sections of the antitrust we pertaining to iflegal combinations jn straint of trade. Two prominent gsugsters tho were apparently more powerful than e law in Chicago have been found gutity’ filing false income tax returns and have n mentenced to imprisonment. Seven mem- rs of a racketeering ring established to rrorize the ‘candy trade were sent to tall, a eleven others fined for violating the titrust statutes. ‘The fact that the Federal Goverament ay id to step in Offers « sorry commentary ol e efficiency and integrity of local policw ces, The Government must prosecatd ngsters for eqmparatively minor crimes. eriminal may be seat’ td prison fer having Lfplaified bis income tax return when Be- { ould be electrocuted for murder. Bet iy © bréakdown of police torces in \doating } Gith racketeering the puplig ta thankful that: ‘there is an authority that cam not be sor. ipted Gor intimidated, and which can do uch to break the hold which erganised i age have gained over local sorerimenty, 6 B2-/59 ¥/- 2X a