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a FROM: Memphis Has Fine Record: There Are Still Problems Remaining: °° | _ What Have’ Citizens Done About it? . ‘The FBI veceived re orts of 2619/iow © citizens ‘will. be feloniously. crimes omens in Memphis in} killed or assaulted today’ and“ to-: the first six months of 1950, Rep. night—more\ than .1100 Places : will’ Albert Gore told * the Exchange be purslarized—more than 450 cars! Club today. will be stolen, . , . “Are you ‘sat- 4°" ting authorities attribute crime istied with this to many varied and complex causes, record?” Gore Any suggestion I-may make toward then asked Ex- rhing of. crime will. be based’ _changeites, ; i’ S pea king edge of human nature,:-.. .- jat Hotel King “T believe crime ‘prevention must: ‘Cotton in con- ‘| begin” mes and: with: each: jRection with gf | citi me, National Crime && » the playground, . law: and: ip Tevention . law enforcement are keys... . ‘Week's observ- “T believe crime can be reduced. ‘ance by . Ex. -we can. succeed’ change Clubs Bithings: _ oy ‘in. the vu. §, "1. Encourage in all a desire to Rep. Gore . © right, creating a Christian con- . praised Mem-- Science against wrong... * . his for a good: ; int. ta. 2 Remove, insofar as Possible, » ime prevention record, but point-| the temptation for crime." -.. : aq out that crime * is” everybody's | «a. Minimize the Probability of! Usiness requiring individual CON-! successful] reward.for crime, - } ern before it‘can: be Teduced ‘to|”- “Once known‘ as ‘the murder cap- ital of the. nation, Memphis has ‘éome a long way in erasing that “4, Make. as certain, as possib that retribution, will foNow co mission of rime.” = so oo “What: Have ‘You Done?” eo “IT ask you to look at your city's record—what have - you done. to . “What about ‘schools, They are first six months of ' ‘I good, iam Sure—but are they good ve os ’ - ". Jenough? © - - ee - ‘Good, By ‘Comparison’ - “What about your housing con: . “By comparison with other ditions, playgrounds, Parks, amuse-' Southern cities of like size, it is{ment centers? Ts .Tecord. For the fi ““What percent: age of your peo- e~—particularly, your young citi- ns," regularly attend “Sunday, school and church? -. A € + murder | and non-negl (manslaughter. figures— : femphis, 15, . “S| “What have you, as individuals,’ ‘Birmingham, 29, ; . done, are now doing, or intend to, Atlanta, 41, te . aaa, do-about it?” oo. ft - Special’ guests at the Speaker's e included -D.'S, Hostetter Spe- ‘. New Orleans, 34, So, ’ Nashville, 90° © "°°. - ; “Memphis burglary, tobbéry, liability insurance rates are as asf are’ to be found. in any city ‘of lie size. This. speaks well -for- a Ci Piblic-spirited citizenship ‘which has. not only insisted’ on having, but has actually: had 2 Policy serv. D. Bratton, Memphis * lumberman: and. Exchangeite, : introduced. Rep.i ice that fs satisfactory by compara- missioner ee Prest ded : ‘ble standards, © 77. SO MRAEAs -- Public—especially, Bo: i, "AS a Tennessean I am proud of ~ public--esp ve 1 Scouts’ and” school ‘groups+-to an “open house’ at ‘the- Police’. gta- | - Special’ ofticers i conduct tours thru the Police}. plant, with exhibits in each partment, Armour said, - News’ About Daughter — ar! -“Rep.:Gore was Paged as he ‘left: € spea‘cer’s platform, . It was‘un. | nt news, . Mrs, Gore - called from Washington to tell him ‘that: thei est daughter, Nancy, 13,’ mergency appen-, oday,. Rep, Gore. ing all right, ue. to Somer-. revhe: will address. [Memphis, proud of ji icivie improvement, . ment and clean -living, that. you have as citizens and a city,. .... (Problems Remain’ © i, |. “But even with this ‘good record; !Memphis, too, has’ its problems. ts’ record of law’ enforce- “748 : burglaries—more tha “341 thefts or larg yf ore owW,athen’ return . to ithan $50—nearly two Pet.day. 3. yy. ?ly.{to’.Was ad “868 larcenies of less ‘than’ $50—.t> Phis fetrly:i Washingtos not re than five per day. on sense-and some: in’ doing four - ALL INFORMATION CONT, HEREIN IS UNCLASS DA AINED TELAIDLG 9 BAe tZiesfecely