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CRHIE AND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL |
By JOHN EDGAR HOOVER
Director Federal Bureau Investigation
U. S. Department of Justice
The criminal is the product of spir
itual starvation. Someone failed mis
erably to bripg him to know God, love
Him, and serve Him. As a result,
the criftiinal’s mental attitudes hpd
actions are guided by a selfish in
dividualism. He has no respect for
the law—he hates it. Moral tradi
tions are subject to his scorn as he
declares war on society.
Unfortunately, there are many in
the United States today who flout the
laws of both God and man. This is
home out by facts and figures in the
possession of the FBI.
By the end of 1946, a total of 1,-
685,203 major crimes were recorded in
the United States —the highest annual
total recorded in the past decade.
Crime in urban areas in 1946 increas
ed 7.4 per cent over the previous year
as sharp rises were noted in murders,
robberies, aggravated assaults, burg
laries, larcenies, manslaughters by
negligence, and rapes.
The upward crime trend in the
rural areas was more pronounced in
1946, with an increase of 14 per cent.
In each crime classification the rural
upswing exceeded that in the cities.
A Shocking Record
The gravity of the crime situation
in 1946 was reflected by the fact that
during the average day 36 persons
were slain, 33 were raped, and 185
others were feloniously assaulted.
During each 24 hours, on the average,
172 persons were robbed, 981 burg
laries were reported to the police, 630
cars were stolen, in addition to 2,580
miscellaneous larcenies of various
types being committed. Although a
comparatively small percentage of
the total offenses were classed as vio
lent crimes against persons, it is sig
nificant to observe that every 5.7
minutes in 1946 there was a criminal
homicide, rape or assault with intent
to kill.
The rise in crime during 1946 re
vealed that we are still faced with an
abnormally high rate of juvenile mis
behavior. Youngsters under 21 years
of age were responsible for 51 per
cent of the auto thefts, 41 per cent of
the burglaries, 28 per cent of the rob
beries, 27 per cent of the thefts, 26
per cent of the rapes, and 18 per cent
of the arsons. More than one-half of
all crimes against property during
1946 were committed by persons un
der 25 years of age.
The upward sweep in postwar crime
is characterized by criminal incidents
reminiscent of gang events following
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World War I. Gangsters, hoodlums
i and trigger men are eagerly recruit
ing youngsters into the criminal army.
Guns are finding their way into the
’ hands of mere boys who are ready to
laugh at the law and kill if necessary.
1 1 recall one case where two police
» officers were dispatched to a cabin on
1 the outskirts of a town to locate sev
eral boys who were wanted at that
r time for questioning. The officers lo
- cated the boys and were at once con
, fronted with a defiant group of young
sters rivaling the hostility of hard
ened gangsters. Four boys armed
with machine guns held the officers at
; bay. As the two officers awaited re
-5 inforcements and sought to avoid
s bloodshed, the boys retreated to the
swamps along a nearby river. The
- youngsters were surrounded and
i called upon to surrender. Their
I answer was a volley of gunfire. In
the pitched battle which followed, a
’ 14-year-old boy was killed. The
' others surrendered.
" These youngsters turned out to be
> the ringleaders of a youthful gang
■ svhich had perpetrated a wave of
i thefts. On two successive nights prior
to the gun battle, the gang of boys
, had burglarized a National Guard
j armory and had made away with an
arsenal consisting of sub-machine
I guns, rifles, hand grenades, several
thousand rounds of ammunition and
other government property. Previ
ously, the boys had stolen several
i cars, burglarized storehouses, an auto
t| mobile agency, a bowling alley, and a
s private residence.
> The leader of the gang was 18. He
• led a band who refused to practice
> the very necessary virtues of honor,
■ decency, and love of God and coun
* try. Certainly, these boys had very
' little chance to learn and appreciate
> these virtues because they had been
1 exposed to indifference, lack of par
- ental guidance and drunkenness.
After reviewing the thousands of
1 case histories which have poured into
j the FBI, I am firmly convinced that
there are two factors in our outlook
which if not checked will plunge us
headlong into national decadence.
■ The first is the failure of the home
i itself as the first classroom and, sec
ond, our national indifference toward
> evil influences in our life which are
' beyond the immediate control of
parents.
The Initial Responsibility
' Criminals are not born. They are
, the products of neglect, the victims of
indifference, the results of an age
: which has tossed morality in the junk
yard. Moral chaos and crime run
hand in hand as they eagerly attempt
to destroy peace, order and happiness.
’ If we are to get down to funda
: mentals in approaching the problem
, of crime it is necessary to begin to
build the spiritual structure of the
child at the dradle. This responsibility
rests initially with the parents. The
home must be the first great arena
of teaching. In the final analysis, the
child who fails to learn honesty, dis
cipline and respect for authority from
his parents can quickly become ex-
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1948.
i posed to the virus of-crime'.
Unhappily, there are many homes
where parents are untrained in their
| obligations to their offspring; where
. unguarded talk is as regular as three
meals a day; where disrespect for au
thority and criticism of officials are
common occurrences; where childish
[ independence is encouraged, and re
' fractory conduct is condoned; where
breaches of discipline and. anti-social
; whims are overlooked; and where God
' and religion are considered too old
fashioned in an age dedicated to ma
t terialism.
The children of such homes need
. help and the Sunday schools can do
. much and are doing much to bring
. God and religion into the starved
1 souls of these youngsters. Our Sun
> day schools are not sending forth
' children who easily succumb to life
-1 wrecking temptations. Instead, the
> boys and girls who have gone to Sun
| day school have been well prepared
1 for the entire span of life.
■ The Sunday school is a citadel of
i real spiritual influences. Religion to
i a boy or girl becomes a reality based
s on love and not on fear. Youngsters
come to know that God asks more
; than mere lip service to His com
[ mandments; that He asks us to live
: under His guidance and love.
The Sunday school teaches the
1 power of prayer and the need to make
• God an intrinsic part of our daily
1 lives. The Sunday school teaches the
; child to “rule his spirit” and to place
1 a reliance upon God which will not be
I shaken in later years. It stands as a
; strong bulwark against the angry
1 waves of evil presently sweeping
' across our nation. It is a powerful
1 medium in materially reducing the
army of youthful offenders and de
! linquents.
! I would like to pay tribute to the
> thousands of loyal men and women
■ who are serving unselfishly as teach
' ers in our Sunday schools. We in law
! enforcement look upon them as com
-1 panions-in-arms in the fight against
' crime.
As true Crusaders for Christ, the
Sunday school teachers want the na
’ tion’s children to be honest, truthful
1 and unselfish. They are convincing
: youngsters that right habits, atti
-5 tudes and appreciations are necessary
• attributes for decent living. They
■ are in the front ranks of the great
' army of Americans who are courage-
I ously fighting to free our national
| scene from dishonesty, selfishness,
: greed and moral instability. In re
cruiting for God, they are building
for America.
; More often than not, a child is first
■ introduced to the Bible by a Sunday
: school teacher. It is quite impossible
: to believe that progress along the
i road to righteous living may be ac
: complished without the guidance of
. i the Bible. It is the source of spirit
• | ual food, the solution of life’s prob
i ; lems, and the inspiration for Christian
) ] living.
? j “Man shall not live by bread alone,
• ; but by every word that proceedeth
’ ] out of the mouth of God” is a precept
i which must be followed by all if life
: is to have a meaning. Our fore
- fathers believed in the inspired Word
i of God and their religious faith and
- simple devotion produced a strong
national character.
If we are to make progress in the
fight against crime, make certain thac
the children of the nation attend Sun
day school. It is difficult to under
stand why many mothers and fathers
refuse to afford .to their children the
wholesome, healthful, character-build
ing environment of the Sunday school.
As a law enforcement officer, I am
certain that unless children are given
the opportunity of participating m ac
tivities which have God as their fun
damental objective, we cannot hope
to materially reduce crime in our
country.—(Reprinted from The Sun
day School Times).
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son of the late John C. and Absila
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