TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1931 ............... COMMISSION CITES 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. (Continued from Page One) 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 Fie 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. _. _ . NlG H,'e 111 +,,,,, y r 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. 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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, -IHI Clarance I that EXTRA something... . rim I r MEMEMA CONSTANCE BENNETT 'The Common Law' I , 1 , ° r { ' 1 ! 1 i ,o o' ' t 9rry b k < ", t ' t 1 , } } . has it ! 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