EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Wed.. March 21, 1962 Fit 3A
Prisoner Mistreatment
Law Aimed
At Brutality
WASHINGTON (UPI) Justice Department officials said
Wednesday their latest civil rights proposal would make it
easier to convict policemen guilty of brutality and third-degree
methods of interrogation.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy asked Congress Tuesday to
close loopholes in the present federal ban on beatings imposed
on prisoners in the guise of law enforcement.
In a message sent to congressional leaders, Kennedy also
appealed for stiffer fines and jail sentences for anyone convicted
of such offenses.
Burke Marshall, assistant attorney general in charge of the
1 civil rights division, said only
Ribicof f Asks
Cabinet Rank
For Education
WASHINGTON W Abraham
Hibicoff, secretary of health, ed
ucation and welfare, wants all
federal education activities con
solidated in a new cabinet-level
department.
"In my opinion education is
power," said Ribicoff. "I think
in this respect the Soviet Union
has recognized this a lot better
than we have."
Ribicoff, testifying recently
before a House appropriations
subcommittee, said a minimum
of 60,000 boys or girls in the
upper third of their high school
graduating classes don't get to
college because they can't af
ford it. Another 60,000 students
with good grades drop out of
college every year because they
don't have the money to con
tinue, he added.
"I don't think we can afford
if," he told the committee. "I
for one think we can do a better
job."
: He told the subcommittee he
would press for creation of a
Department of Education, Sci
ence and Technology, headed
by a secretary.
. Ribicoff's department now su
pervises the Office of Education,
Which was criticized several
years ago by Vice Adm. Hyman
Rickover, who made a compari
son of United States and Rus
sian educational programs.
Prison Bill Passes
WASHINGTON (DPD The
House has passed and sent to
the Senate a bill that would al
low federal prisoners to be
freed on the preceding weekday
if their release date falls on a
weekend or holiday. Officials
said they often had to call in
prison workers on overtime
rates to process prisoners being
released on a weekend or holi
day.
three convictions for police
brutality have been obtained
during 12 prosecutions in the
two years ending last June 30.
Four cases are still pending in
the courts.
Yet the department received
more than 1,000 complaints al
leging police mistreatment or
coerced confessions during this
period, Marshall said. Approval
of the new proposal would "ease
the burden of proof" in such
cases, he said.
Law Said Too Vague
Kennedy told Congress that
the present federal law is too
vague and the penalties are too
inadequate for cases in which
victims of brutality receive se
vere injuries or die.
Under Supreme Court rulings,
he added, police accused of
beatings or forcing confessions
often are successful in pleading
that they did not realize a pris
oner's constitutional guarantees
were being violated.
Recommended in '61 Report
The present maximum penal
tics a $1,000 fine and one
year in prison would be in
creased to a $5,000 fine and a
life sentence if the bill is ap
proved. The U. S. Civil Rights Com
mission recommended such leg
islation in its 1961 report on the
administration of justice. Al
though most law enforcement
officers do their job properly,
the commission said, police bru
tality is still a serious problem
in many part of the country and
Negroes suffer more than any
other group.
On
Trial
(AP Wlrephoto)
Duane Harms, 23, second from right, was pictured in Weld County
Court at Greeley, Colo., Tuesday as he went on trial charged with
involuntary manslaughter. Harms was the driver of the ill-fated
school bus which was struck by a train near Greeley in December.
Twenty children died in the crash.
U.S. Joins War Games
WASHINGTON (UrD The
Pentagon announced Tuesday
that U.S. troops would join Lat
in American military forces in
war games next September in
Honduras.
Johnny Weissmuller Sued for Divorce
LOS ANGELES W) Johnny
Weissmuller's fourth wife wants
a divorce..
Allene Gates Weissmuller mar
ried the onetime screen Tarzan
in 1948. She said they parted
last July.
Weissmuller is now 57 and
Mrs. Weissmuller 37. Her suit
for divorce, filed Tuesday,
charged cruelty.
Unions Okay
Departure
Of 2 Vessels
SAN FRANCISCO 0IPD The
West Coast maritime strike
moved into its sixth day Wed
nesday with no indication of a
settlement, although both sides
in the dispute have agreed to
concessions on some strike is
sues.
Three striking Maritime
unions sailors, firemen and
cooks and stewards agreed
Tuesday to permit immediate
sailing of two vessels with mili
tary cargo, including 1.500 tons
of nuclear test material for
Christmas Island.
The agreement between the
unions and the Pacific Maritime
Assn., representing the employ
ers, also will allow passenger
ships at Honolulu to return with
their passengers to West Coast
ports.
However, there were no nego
tiations scheduled between the
PMA and the striking unions
which would bring an end to
the walkout.
Mail Pouring In
For John Qlenn
LANGLEY FIELD, Va. Ul
More than 30,000 fan letters
and packages have been sent
to John H. Glenn Jr. since he
soared into history. They have
contained everything from
pennies to an offer to name
an orchid entry in a spring
flower show for him.
This was reported Wednes
day by officials at the head
quarters of the Project Mer
cury astronauts. The mail has
piled in here, at Cape Canav
eral, Fla., and Washington.
Writers include a child who
enclosed four pennies "to help
pay the way for manned space
flight."
"Scores of offers have come
in to name things for John,"
said one official. "They range
from the orchid to bridges,
and from schools to libra
ries." Governors of various states
want Glenn to pay a visit. He
has offers of free cruises on
steamships, an all-expenses-paid
trip to Hawaii and gifts
ranging from cakes and candy
to an electric computer and
an adding machine.
All inciming gift packages
are checked to determine
whether they look like some
attempt at commercialism. If
they do, they are returned
with thanks.
All cash gifts are being
turned over to a special fund
which eventually will be do
nated to charity. This includes
a check for $100 from a phy
sician who wrote Glenn: "You
deserve a party go out and
have a good time."
The names and hometowns
of the letter writers are not
available right now. Officials
at the Washington headquar
ters of the National Aeronau
tics and Space Administration
said they were still sorting
Glenn's mail and could not
give any breakdowns.
Spanish Teachers
To Attend Workshop
SALEM (UPD The Oregon Ed
ucation Department Wednes
day urged teachers who want
to improve their, fluency in
Spanish to sign up for a 29-day
workshop on Mexico to be held
in Mexico City starting June 16.
The program is sponsored by
the American Heritage Assn. In
addition to studies at Mexico
City College, participants will
visit Guadalajara, Morelia, Ma
zatlan, Taxco and Vera Cruz.
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