TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1931
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PLICE BRUTA LITY
I ATET RPORT
Favorable Arguments for Cruel
Practices Conceded by
Three Experts.
BAD EFFECTS DESCRIBED
Detroit's Trip Around Loop'
Bared in Report; Third
Degree Exposed.
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licemen are to me conceived as con-
scientious and hard working. They
risk their lives continually, and if
an occasional slap on the face will
mean sending a hardened criminal
to prison, why should it not be used
even if by mistake force is now
and then applied to an innocent
man?"
The report contended neverthe-
less that this was overweighed by
the possibility of false confessions,
the unconstitutionality of extorting
statements from both the guilty
and innocent, and in fact that of
106 appeal cases studied nearly half.
the convictions were reversed be-
cause of "third degree' methods.
"The effect upon the police is ob-
vious," the report said. "The third,
degree, its natural brutal, must;
brutalize those who practice it.
Their fight against lawlessness, if
waged by forbidden means, is de-
grading almost to the level of a
struggle between two law breaking
gangs."
Unfair Prosecutions.
Turning to "unfairness in prose-
cutions," the experts recommended
for consideration such rules as es-
tablishment of a minimum time for
the preparation of the defense:
representation of the accused by
counsel in all cases; inclusion of
qualified persons in jury lists re-
wardless of color, thus allowing Ne-
groes to sit in the south; allowance
of judicial comment when the ac-
cused fails to testify; the abolition
of payment of judges, prosecutors
and court officials from fines and
costs.
The trip "around the loop," in
which a prisoner is shifted from
one police'station to another almost
constantly, was found by Wicker-
sham commission experts to be the
worst abuse in Detroit.-
Evade Lawyers.
No cases in which weapons were1
used were found but at times pris-9
oners are slapped and hit and arms
are twisted when ordinary ques-I
tioning fails. The experts said pris-1
oners were taken "around the loop"
in order to lessen the chances of an
attorney finding them. If there is,
a likelihood of a lawyer catching
up to his client they said the client
is promptly moved to another po-
lice station. The outlying stations
were said to be used by preference
because there are no outsiders
around. The shifts to the stations,
15 in number, are made at mid-
night in a patrol wagon.
Sometimes, they reported, men go
around the entire circuit, in other
cases, only seven or eight stations
are used for the trip "around the
loop." At times, jailers have been
ordered to jam as many as possible
into one cell. They are not "over-
fed" and opportunities for keeping
clean and sleeping are poor, Fre-
quently the experts said, these cases
are not booked and in some in-
stances police have been unable to
\ locate a man for days in these sta-
tions because of absence of records.
The purpose of the "loop" they
said, apparently was more to make
Detroit feared by criminal classes,
than to get confessions.
Existence of the third degree was
reported in Grand Rapids as well
as in Detroit.t
THE l UMMU BUICHGAN DAILY
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RHYTHM CLASSES
HELP CHILDREN,
DECLARES WHITE
"Children are encouraged to use
their imagination and to respond
creatively to music and to drama-
tic ideas that lead out of their in-
terests, needs, and experiences,"
said Miss Emily White in describ-
ing the work in the children's rhy-
thm class which she has been
teaching in connection with her
work in the physical education de-
partment this summer.
"They are taught to hear and to
respond to the rhythms of music
with their whole bodies. 'In this
way their appreciation and under-
standing of music is enhanced
through movement," she continued.
"With the older students, the in-
dividual is taught to respond to
the rhythms, melodies and dynam-
ics of music and to carry this in-
creased musical appreciation and
bodily freedom over into dance
forms. Opportunity for creative
activity is given throughout and
dance forms are taught as well as
created," continued Miss White.
Both of these classes will do some
work in the open class which is to
be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow in
Sarah Caswell Angell hall, to which
the public is invited. Besides the
rhythm work, there will be a pro-
gram of tap dancing under the di-
rection of Miss Jean Hall
Miss Hall stated that the aims
of tap dancing are to develop bal-
ance, rhythm and poise. "The pro-
gram which the tap dancing class-
es are giving in this open class are
to give the students experience in
amateur productions, in helping to
do costume work and in extempor-
aneous tap work in general," Miss
Hall concluded.
Sports XWoman
Anextension of time has been
granted for those playing in the
semi-finals and finals in the be-
ginners and advanced tennis tour-
naments. The semi-finals must be
and the finals must be finished by
Friday with the scores from both
matches posted on the bulletin
board in the Women's Athletic
building.
For the last social function spon-
sored during the Summer Session
by the women's physical education
department, an open swim, will be
given at 6 o'clock Friday in the In-
tramural pool for every woman reg-
istered in the University.
After an hour's swim, there will
be a plate supper served to all of
the guests at the Women's Athlet-
ic building. All women who are
planning to attend must sign up
on the bulletin board at Barbour
gymnasium by Thursday night.
There will be a small fee for the
supper.
I SOCIET Y
"The Young Idea" was presented
for the second time by the girls of
Mosher Jordan Hall on Sunday eve-
ning. Mrs. Ethel McIntosh directed
the production, which was well re-
ceived by the residents of the hall
and their guests. Dorothy Teft
played the part of Shiela, Mildred
Goldstein was Geoffrey Chandler,
Janice Levine took the role of Alice,
Margaret Kemper acted George
Cannaught, and Helen Gnewuch
served as the maid, Nellie. Alice
McCully had charge of the proper-
ties.
Helen Newberry entertained the
residents of Mosher Jordan halls at
afternoon tea on Saturday after-
noon. The object of the gathering
was to introduce the girls of the
two halls to one another.
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POus woll
(Special to The Daily)
OWN at Blooming-
ton, Claron (Lefty)
Veller, former In-
d i a n a university
baseball and bask-
etball star is hurl-
ing for the Terre
Haute Tots in the
Three-I league this
season is slated to
go up to the majors
P next season, ac-
cording to reports. Veller, despite
a hand injury, has gained a rank-
ing position among league hurlers,
and recently pitched the Tots in a
number of crucial games that land-
ed them in first place in the torrid
Three-I race. Major scouts follow-
ed the former Indiana star last
spring when he was Indiana's lead-
ing hurler, and have continued to
observe him in his new role of pro-
fessional pitcher. Veller is a for-
mer Linton high school star and'
Men Warned Against Outbreak;-
Work Reported Six Months
Ahead of Schedule.
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Aug. 10.-(P)-
Refusing to yield to wage and
working conditions demands of
workmen, the Six Companies, Inc.,
today had ceased construction op-
erations at Hoover dam.
Frank Crowe, company super-1
intendent, said work was six
months ahead of schedule on the
huge project, which is scheduled
to require seven years for comple-
tion, and the company could af-
ford to stop and avoid excessive
added expense which a yield to the
workers would entail.
Hundreds of workmen encamp-
ed in the hills overlooking the
dormities where they formerly liv-
ed awaited a conference between'
federal an dstate officials, arrang-
ed for Aug. 15 at Carson City, for
a solution of their troubles.
The men were ousted at mid-
night Sunday from the living quar- .
ters by order of officials of the|
contractors. '
The men were warned any out-
break which would endanger gov-
ernment property would bring fed-
eral troops from Fort Douglas,
Utah.
The workers asked a $5 min-
imum for all branches of work
with higher scales for tunnel
workers, miners and carpenters;
improved sanitary conditions at
the river camp, ice water both on
and off duty; an 8-hour day from
camp to work because of the dis-
tance; a flat rate for board of
1$1.50 a day, and the stationing of
a "safety miner" at each tunnel
entrance to expedite first aid.
The workers named a committee
to ask arbitration with the con-
tractors before a board of govern-
ment representatives.
will coach baseball and basketball
at LaPorte next fall and spring.
Jimmy Hatfield. Indiana univer-
sity hurdle ace for three years, is
meeting plenty of novelties in Southl
Africa. Hatfieldis a member of the
all-American track team now tour-
ing South Africa under the sponsor-
ship of the A.A.U. The common
training diet among athletes abroad
is six light meals a day, Hatfield re-
ports. All track meets are halted
at four o'clock in the afternoon to
allow spectators to take tea. Hat-
field ran an exhibition race on the
track of the Duke of York in Eng-
land a short time ago and in order
to make the engagement had to
leave his boat by airplane while
still at sea. He met the boat at
Southhampton and resumed his
trip to South Africa. Hatfield will
enter the Indiana university medi-
cal school here next fall.
Coach W. H. Thom, Indiana uni-
versity wrestling mentor and assist-
ant football coach will begin a
wrestling tour through Canada in
a short time. Thom recently hand-
ed Jack Reynolds, welterweight]
champ, one of the worst defeats of
his career. The match was at catch
weights and no title was involved.
The Indiana coach expects in the
near future to wrest the title from
Reynolds, rated as one of the best
all-time wrestlers.
University Museum Party Find
Valuable Specimens in
Texan Red Beds.'
Continuing the work of several
previous seasons in the Treassic
beds of western Texas, a party from
the Museum of Paleontology made
several valuable finds recently. The
party under the direction of Prof.
E. C. Case, who was assisted by Mr.
W. H. Buettner, preparator in the
-museum, and Theo. E. White, a
graduate student.
The first stop was made at Sny-
der, Scurry County, Texas. Here
they located four skulls and many
other bones of ancient amphibians
called Stegocephalians, which
means roofed skull. These resembler
the modern mud-puppies, but are
much larger, some being as large
as eight feet.
Near Amarillo, Texas, the expedi-
tion discovered one large amphibian
skull, two Phytosaur skulls and
many reptile and amphibian bones
from a bone bed. The prize speci-
men was a good portion of the dor-
sal armor of a large Phytosaur
with all the plates in place. The
Phytosaurs were large forms resem-
bling crocodiles in form and habit.
The discovery of the dorsal armor
of plates is unique and will furnish
a large amount of information con-
cerning these forms found near the
Treassic "red beds," which are
about 50,000,000 years old.
This was one of the most suc-
cessful trips ever made by the staff
of the Museum of Paleontology,
since over 1500 lbs. consisting of
several different items were shipped
back from the scene of the explora-
tions, Professor Case stated.
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Indiana's amateur
golfers began their
conquest for the
state crown worn
for the last four
years by George
Lance and teed off
oil the picturesque
hills course at French Lick yester-
day, three Indiana university golf-
ers were entered who are favorites
for high positions.
The trio of former members of
the Crimson links squad was head-
ed by Phil Talbot, Bloomington,
who is considered one of the
threats. In the state open tourney
held at Speedway, Indianapolis, last
week Talbot was the sensation of
the first day when he led the field
of amateurs which included George
Lance. His second day was an un-
fortunate one and numerous bad
breaks eliminated him from the
running.
Talbot was not the only former
Indiana star to make a showing in
the open. Fritz Cox, Terre Haute,
shot a consistent 318 for fourth in
the final amateur rating. He is
also regarded as a threat this week
at French Lick. Charley Harrell,
Bloomington, is the third Indiana
university entrant.
Talbot and Harrell recently stag-
ed the finals of the Bloomington
city championship. Harrell showed
good form but Talbot won rather
easily,
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