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LIBEANT *tsUonery Sprnguhesi good n.w bookà -epeýmly suitable for ihe, Baster Gift Ileautif al R aster Cards 1724 O0:rri'ngton Avenue EvastoaI orrington HoeI fldig. EVANSTON STORE' CI-URCH - SHERMAN MA RSH ALL FIELD & COMPANY LoweII Thomas complete. THIRD FLOOR rorable commentt -A 9-- --- at hé been ased, f or. more contributions, Mr.' Dawson is a mem ber of tbe Chicago la* firm, Dawson, Dawson, and. Scbneberger, and' received bis undergraduate education, as well as bis . law .Work at tbe University of Chicago. He is a poet as well as a lawyer, for .mfany*of bis "w'orks bave- aPpeared -in 1Poetry magazine,, tbe Lttle eview, Midland magazine, theý Double 'Dealer, as well as in news- papers. He is also in, cbarge of tbe Advice and Counicil-, legal.columin, of the -'Chicago Daily News. In tbe March number of tbe Rotarian be bhas'an article entitled "Tbe Lawyers Know Too- Mucb." In '"Nqemesis' Runs Amuck" Mr. Dawson concerns bimself witb the iack of law enforcement. Hie-cites nlany cases, in various states, tbat ha~ve been appealed to the Suprenie Courts -and reversed. In speakinY of Illinois Mr. Dawson writes: "Ana!.ysis discloses tbat in Illinois more tban three-fiftbs of the reversais were due to the, misconduct or ignorance of tbe prosecutor; or the trial judge, or both.» Mr. Dawson namnes tbe "bappy cus- toms. tbat win -reversaIs for defen-t dants," one of tbese being'racial or religious, prejudice; anotber, gratui- tous attack on the character of tbe VAINC> I/t fOR ~OUR EYES the miscoiuiuct ofthte prosecutor or judge is relatively small compare witb the total number tried. This is true. We have no check upon the conduct of the prosecutor in cases not appeaied. Tt may bave been ad- mnirable. On tbe other.hand tbe fail- ure -of, a con'victed defendanit to ap- peal. is'not: proof tbat bhe ad a fair trial Tt often mneanfs be cotîld nol pay bis lawver for'going.furtber. "The prosecutors arc also inclined to attr@ibute _tbe frequency. of ré- versaIs to a*fussy. and spinsterish at- titude 011 the part of tbe upper couîrts. in that. 1 believe tbey are wrong."- -- Aý great deal, may. bc said to miti- gate the transgressions of prosecuting attornevs,. writes Mr. Dawson. "'Tbey are dealinz conlstantlv with a race of criminal lawyers wbo are shrewd, daring, and often unscrupulous." And tben. cruel and oppressive treatrnent in getting confessions and tbe "ten-.ý dency of1 prosecu t ors and trial, judges to procure convictions--as.manv as possible, at anv cost-is significant only because it is -syntptomatic of the public's attitude toward crime and criminals." Police and prosecutors are merely playing the rotes in which the public bas cast then. "No*<me really wants it (crime) to end;. for we are ail fascinated by borror. thé. suspense, and tbe heroics of "the tawdry spectacle." "The prosecutor, even, more than the police," according to Mr. Dawson» "must take bis cue from tbe public. He is Nemésis personified." Tin a concluding statement in bis article Mr. Dawson writes: "The situation, according to the Commit- tee on Lawless Law Enforcement, is serjous but flot bopeless. *Tbe hope, so far as any - can bc discerned, lies in the cbance that an intelligent minority now at work may eventually succeed in cbanging tbe public atti- .tude and creating a' constructive so- cial. cons-ciousness." Mr.ý Dawson bas a. delightfully satirical style, and i$ nicely cruel to, proýsecutors, lawyers. and the police.-Vera McDermid. BOOK BRIEFS Jobs for Girls, by I-. R. Cades. Here is up-to-date, practical informa- tion, for a girl wbc> wants advice on bow to find the rigbt job and lie bappy in it, witb inside details, tbe belpful sort one gets from wom~en wbo are successful in business. MayImAwbbyFulanain. 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