BOYS GRADUATE IN ANTI-CRIME COURSE. .
J. Edgar Hoover pins medal on Louis Bohar, one of group from
the University Settlement in New York.ANTI-CRIME PUPILS
| WASHINGTON, June 16.—After
|intensive study of the evils of crime,
‘twenty-five boys who have been
tS Td. E. HOOVER graduated from the anti-crime
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of Federal Agents.
TRIP IS COMMENCEMENT
| Marks Their Graduation From
Course Conducted by the
University Settlement.
Special to Tae New Youx Tours.
Ehe New York Cimes
Published: June 17, 1935
course of the Boys Anti-Crime
Council, University Settlement, in
the lower East Side of New York
City, had a real thrill today when
they visited J. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Bureau of Investigation of
the Department of Justice. They
saw some of the famed government
agents and inspected the govern-
ment's man-hunting facilities.
The boys gazed at the fingerprint
collections, had their own prints
made, and got a close-up of how the
department functions in cooperation
with cities and States.
Mr. Hoover made a brief address,
declaring that crime never succeeds
and that detection of crime has in-
creased greatly in the last few
years. :
Kidnapping, he asserted, will be
brought to an end because crim-
inals realize that they cannot es-
cape the laws which are constantly
becoming more rigid in every State,
with many States now imposing
capital punishment,Badges Presented to Boys.
He gave to each boy a badge bear.
ing in gold and blue the slogan
“Crime Can't Win.”
Thus the commencement exercises
of a unique course came to an end.
The boys then visited other Federal
buildings and journeyed to Mount
Vernon.
The class included:
Moe Atchek, 97 Stanton Street;
Max Aguado, 176 Eldridge Street;
Louis Bohar, 120 Orchard Street;
Hyman Bueller, 47 Clinton Street;
Isidore Corito, 176 Eldridge Street;
Paul Cassell, 62 Rivington Street;
Moses Cohen, 115 Ludlow Street;
Jack Caucer, 157 Suffolk Street; Jo-
seph Golstein, 174 Forsyth Street;
Max Goldstein, 147 Orchard Street;
Ben Gear, 44 Delancey Street; Hy-
man Katz, 142 Suffolk Street; Irv-
ing Kramer, 42 Rivington Street;
Abe Leibowitz, 166 Allen Street; Jo-
|seph Lax, 99 Suffolk Street; Michael
Mosio, 176 Eldridge Street; John
| Paletta, 142 East Fourth Street;
jArthur Rosenberg, 142 Suffolk
| Street; David Seigel, 126 Ludlow
| Street; David Sedaka, 122 Suffolk
Street; Jack Sosinsky, 143 Orchard
Street; Sam Weiner, 170 Delancey
Street, and Richard Zaffos, 207 El-
dridge Street.
Guests of J. A. Voice,
Accompanying the boys was J. A.
Voice, president of the Consolidat-
ed Lithograph Company, whose
generosity made the trip possible.
He is an East Side boy who rose in
Horatio Alger fashion and has
maintained his interest in young-
sters at the University Settlement.
Magistrate Jonah J, Goldstein, pro-
ponent of the social attitude in law
administration and at one time a)
worker at the University Settle-
ment, also accompanied the boys.
The boys of the Anti-Crime Coun- |
cil, ranging in age from 12 to 15,
rode as part of the course in a|
Black Maria handcuffed together |
and learned at the Tombs prison’
| how it feels to be on the wrong side’
of cell bars, They went through
the arrest process at New York
police headquarters, sat in at a
court session with a magistrate and
studied probation and parole mat-
ters under official auspices,
The New York authorities are
cooperating to make the University
Settlement's work city-wide. Other
| cities have requested data upon
| Which to plan similar operations.
Irving Ben Cooper of Seabury in-
| vestigation fame is chairman of the
| council,