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Page 2 THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, October 24, 1958 Says J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Chief: Crime Increases Four Times Faster Than Our Population “At no olhei* time in history has It been more imperative to estab lish order and peace in the world than it is today. Man always has possessed the capacity to destroy liiniiielf. Today, he possesses the capacity to destroy the world. He has the responsibility to formu late. interpret, and enforce laws not only to shape the future of mankind, but also to insure his preservation.” Tiiis was said by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in an ad dress before an American Bar As sociation meeting in Los Angeles. And the future of the human race, .he went on. was never more in .ieopardy than it is now—because of tiie jaowerful, lawless conspiracy which is world communism. Mr. Hoover cites a recent study showing that over a period of 38 years the Soviet Union has agreed to nearly 1,000 treaties, and has broken its \vord to nearly every country to which it has given an assigned promise. At the same lime, world communism has the potential to destroy the free world ■—and in Mr. Hoover’s view, this “. . . can be traced in large measure to the lawless subversive and espionage activities by communists in our own and other countries.” Communist agents are at work in the United States. They seek knowledge of our technological and scientific development and they take advantage of every legal tech nicality to nullify our security pre cautions. They attempt to foster the myth that the Communist Party is a legitimate and indepen dent political party—whereas, ac tually “. . .American communists are an integral part of the inter national communist conspiracy which Was born in tyranny and which has been nurtured by tyranny.” Mr. Hoover- poses a question Are we prepared to meet the com munist threat? As he sees it, to be prepared, “our nation must be as representative of law and order as world communism is of lowless- ness and dihorder.” Here we seem to be registering a dismal failure. Since 1950, for instance, crime has increased four times as fast as the population. The estimated annual cost of crime is $22 billion—or $128 for every man. woman and child in the country. To put it an other way, crime costs $1.11 each Before you blame your typist*.. fake a look at her typewriter! Maybe R*$ worn out. Maybe it |w«t needs oligning. Maybe it*t to out of ad* (tfshnent that you should let us have ft for a thor* ough reconditioning. ff It im'l the girl's fault it wilt cost you nothing to have ut diagnose the trevble. Owen G. Dunn Co. OFFICE SUPPLIES PRINTUilG year for every $1.00 spent on edu cation—and for every dollar we contribute to churches, crime costs us $12. Mr. Hoover touches on the grave problems facing the law enforce ment agencies. Under our system, society must be protected from the criminal, but, at the same time, it must not encroach on the rights of the individual. Protection of the in nocent is a fundamental legal principle. But, he feels, frequently “emphasis is placed on the rights of the accused to the obvious ex clusion of the rights of law-abiding citizens.” Here he adds; “Carried to extremes, this tendency can actually infringe upon the freedom of all individuals—of society it self.” He cites examples where criminal convictions have been re versed tor absurd reasons, in one instance, the indictment of a man for drowning his wife- and child was dismissed because it did not specify the kind of liquid in which they were drowned. In another case, the indictment of a hitch hiker for stomping a motorist to death was dismissed because it failed to state that the murderer used his feet “with his shoes on.” As Mr.' Hoover sees it: “The final responsibility for protecting the innocent rests upon our courts. However, some courts, in discharg ing this responsibility, seem to be guided by a tendency to be overly solicitous of criminals. Misapplied leniency adds to the, already seri ous problems in the administration of parole and probation. It also ag gravates the rising probiem created by the criminal repeater.” What You Don't Know CAN Hurt What you don’t know won’t hurt you, according to an old saying, but property owners along New Bern's riverfront know differently Some of them suffered consider able damage Monday and Tues day when an unheralded storm brought flood waters from the Neuse and Trent. Unlike past hurricanes that were given extensive publicity, this fair ly brisk blow caught natives more or less napping. Resulting from a low pressure area, it acted like a hurricane, even if it didn’t happen to be one. Don’t complain about such unex pectedness, however. After all, it could have been a tornado, and they give even less notice, and do more damage than was done here the first of the week. HM\r YOV SUD$CRIBEO TO THE MIRROR YE1? You Have a Need for Our Trust Department Come In and Get Acquainted If You Don't Have a Will You may find that this depart ment can help you in many oth er ways, too. Any one of our officers wiii be happy to talk with you. Branch Banking & Trust Co. Ipstablished 1872 Member Federai Insurance Deposit Corp. Tm a One-Pockage Yes, he has found it easy and- economical to fill all of his building needs at one time and one place. WHOLESALE BUILDING ••• SUPPLY CO. — tAROLINA^ LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE BUILDING SUPPLY HOUSE'* HIGHWAY 70 I^MILES FROM NEW BERN CITY UMITS
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