-: _. , SATURD.AY, MARCH I14, 1925 THE It~CHIGAN DAILY I ~iAi, ~iC{fli~E APPRVE EJETION . 'Waite and Good rich (Commuendl Hounse IDefent of Bill for Capital -~ IPuluishnet (C1VIFSTATISTICS Scene And Principals Of "Teapot. Dome" Trial f f The Campus ^Credo REED TERMS .RES L WARREN'" S NOMj "A very unique step" is the mann~r in which Prof.ThosIi~ -I. Reed. oi-f Ithe worse position t han in t he fi rst place biecause the lack of support is emplm- i I api tal punislnment,' which met:;e . Thursday in the lower branch of : J : ::r :: ug i l y vi b i a t t e i l t r , s e } as n oi staun ch su pporters in he f,1wulty of the Law school. I'rof. J1. >. Waite of th-e Law school :end whIo, is also editor of the Michi-- -'; n Lraw Review, exp~ressed the fol-'r loigopinion on the measure: "1I' S//t1C~rA12 awcE have no( f undamental objection t~o a .. (1nal penalty, but I (10 not: believe it W0o1ld ha've, (lone much good hadl it , llassnd. It is not the severity of Ilan-(. 1ishmejit that deters offenders hut the .:, ert aity of punishment. A thlreat of jtn prisonmnent which is carried out is iiflit! tely m-ore impressive a ld more fotiehaatratfdahwicj4 ,is not4 likely to Ibe carriedl into effect. 4 "We have penalty enough now to :":;>::::" SS71tt ~ ~saeinto goodl behavioiur every po- ' I ential1 criminal that call lbe rest rainled r~sly 1:y fear. What we lack- is enforcement.; ''X rr. ' ob~ody fear's a Sif fed club, and that. i-s hat too many criminals consider thle crimninl law--- stuffed club. When we oft en ilpose what; penalties re already providled by law we shall; -III,( no neYed for severer ones:" Pr11ol' If. F. Goodrich of the law de- : '. : l at o t wl]- ~n ui g wt eo ' essor W aite, madt~e the following state-l niont fnr"hlr'ring his opinion tha~t. ealmi- t.~i ;; tai punishment 'was not essential. ''Theflre is the additional point :i gais ' i : :.; ;:, ;5; :r:::;: t he dea.-th plenarlty,.*in that, it aakes : ;, .s . ::::""::: 'ofl Vict lol more( dlifficu~lt to secuire. °" 7tlYx fit'Yi '