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SCOTCH WHISKY

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THE BRITISH LEGION INQUIRY.

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Far-reaching, developments in the The appalling toll of life and organisation of the police and de-limb that street traffic takes of London's citizens is growing to tective services in Great Britain terrible proportions and the quar- street accidents, will presently occur as a result of terly report on important conferences now proceed--which was recently published show. ed an increase of, roughly, 25 per ing at the Home Office and the cent, over the figures for the corres- deliberations of the Police Council ponding three months last year. which has been meeting in London for the first time in six years,'

Poppy Day and the Proceeds. The poppy factory, it is repon- mended, should be enlarged to some moderate extent to prevent over- crowding and to diminish dangez by fire. It is not considered that the construction of a new factory with the heavy cost that it would inevitably entail is desirable in view of the many claims which the Legion has to meet from its funds. The committee state that the work of the factory would, benefit from In "closer co-operation with

The decisions are likely to revolu benevolent committee with a view tionise the present system and re- to avoiding irregularity of work.sult, by gradual steps, in:-: "On the date of one of our visits The unification of detective forces of the country under Seol- the factory had been put on short

land Yard; account time on

of temporary shortage of finance, and we under-. stand that it is normal for orders to be somewhat held back during the year with a consequent rush of The overtime toward November. cost of the poppy factory represents charge which must in any event be met, and which should be budget- ed for at the start of each financial year."

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The money spent on the Preston Hall establishment for the treat ment of pulmonary tuberculosis in ex-servicemen under Major General Sir F. B. Maurice is, it is stated,

well spent. It would not be wise to extend the village at the present time, but arrangements should be made so far as practicable to re strict the admission of patients who are incapable of recovering their health sufficiently to enable them to work and earn a living.

"On the Enancial side it is shown that the contributions toward the costs of the Legion of £49,555 re- ceived from ita members out of their affiliation fees and other income was £30,963. In consequence it has been asserted that the Legion is not self. supporting as by some it is held it should be. The committee point out, however, that while afiliation fers are a source of income from some 300,000 members, the total in- come of the Legion is devoted to the benefit of all ex-servicemen, amongst whom the affiliated men- bera constitute a very small per- centage. In such circumstances, and having regard to the services rendered, it seems unreasonable to suggest that the entire expenses of the Legion should be met out of affiliation fees.

The Capital Fund.

As regards the further criticisms that the Legion is building up a capital fund which amounted on September 30, 1929, to £40,073, and, it is understood, is to be further augmented until it reaches a total of £30,000, the committee consider that the Legion is justified in keep ing a working reserve, which, how ever, should not exceed £50,000.

With regard to relief, a larger proportion of the available funds should be devoted to constructive schemes, and to the finding of em playment, even at the cost of cut ting down the amount available for immediate relief. The investi gators had been greatly impressed by an experiment which has been made in Yorkshire. The branches, as things stand, are entitled to 85 per cent of the amount which they collect

upon Poppy Day. The branches in Yorkshire, however, agreed to return to the area ad- ministration 21 per cent of the sum thag accruing to them in order to catablish and operate an employ- ment bureau for the whole aren.

The result of the change in York- shire was that in eight months from ita inception no less than 431 men were placed in employment, where- as work had previously been found for, only 42 men during the previ- ou eight months in that are During the same period a total of only about 40 men were placed in employment by the other area offi. ces excluding the Metropolitan ared.

The report adds: "We under stand that other areas are about to follow the example of Yorkshire. and we are convinced of the wis dom of such a course. We even re-

The appointment as chief con- stables of police trained experts, having wide powers and directly responsible to the Home Office;

The establishment of a Police Staff College in connection with Scotland Yard for training put poses and research and experi ment in police and detective methods; and

A definite policy of promotion by merit.

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Lord Byng's policy has, from the outset, been to work towards a unification of police and detective services, and important decisions had been reached before the Police

Council met.

Home Secretary's Proposal.. To the Council, as already an- nounced, the Home Secretary pro- posed the establishment of a Staff College with two years' resident service for officers, all successful candidates being then posted direct to the rank of inspector and up wards.

Mr. Clynes also suggested that "Passed Police College" should presently become a condition in the appointment of chief constables.

At the recent meetings of the Council the scheme was discussed in all its bearings and the general sense of the members taken. It was

decided that the opinion of the prin cipal experts in the country should be sought independently upon & number of points, and to this end a questionnaire has been agreed and sent out.

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Statistics show that 981 people were killed in the streets of London in January, February, and March in 1999.

It was estimated by Scotland Yard that the figure for the first quarter of this year was 390. That is the worst record in our history of traffic tragedies.

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Lieut. Col. J. A. A. Pickard, secretary of the National Safety Association, told a reporter that. apparently 1930 would set up a new record of casualties.

Swelling the Death Stream,

New motor vehicles are coming on to the roads at the rate of thou- sands a week to swell the death

dealing stream in London's crowded streets, and a very large propor tion of the 2,000,000 new vehicles that it is estimated will be on the roads this year will be registered in London.

It is difficult to assign any reason for the increase in accidents this year. It may be that with, less wintry weather more motorists kept their cars on the roads instead of laying them up fer the winter. It will be remembered that conditions of ice prevailed during the early months of last year, and there was noticeably fewer cars about.

The Human Element,

The National Safety First Aseo- ciation has made a careful analysis of the statisties, and this has re- vealed that 83 per cent. of accidents are due to the human element on the part of pedestrians and motor- ists.

Scotland Yard keeps a watchful eye on the sections of London where the traffic is densest. A giant map' that has been made showing the greatest casualty areas is a maze, of little crosses, each one of which marks the site of someone's death. The Council has now adjourned, The death map shows that Char- deferring any formal resolutioning Cross is the worst spot in Lon- a death rate of nine until such time as it can consider dor, with the replica to the questionnaire, persons per furlong. It is followed White Mr. Clynes's suggestions closely by Newington Butts, with were welcomed is attempting to 7.5 per furlong, and High-strect, meet a real need, a number of Camden Town, with 3, criticisms were advanced by various members of the Council. It was ob- jected that the scheme, as outlined, did not go far enough, and that the two years' course at the proposed college ought to be supplemented by further and intensive practical training in actual detective or police duties before graduates were post- ed.

Theory. Fractice, Representations were made that the establishment of a college in the way suggested would result in the turning out of theorists rather! than of officers of practical experi-

ence.

Another amendment urged was that the men selected for training at the college should not only be possessed of ability but should have already acquired a good, acquaint- ance with police work and methods. Another and more difficult point raised was the effect upon the pro- motion and chances of officers already serving likely to be caused ́ by the direct posting of Police College graduates to high rank.

The other principal subject, oc- cupring the Council was that of the appointment and powers of chief constables and the relation of pro- vincial detectives' services through these officers with Scotland Yard.

Feeling is very strong at the pre- sent that such appointments should be open to police-trained officers and that there should be centralised control and responsibility.

A MODERATELY "DRY" NOW THOUGHT WET.

SENATOR WHEELER'S" VIGOROUS ATTACK.

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Washington, May. 19. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. Republican who has been classified as moderately dry," has now been placed in the category of those op- posed to present prohibition en- forcement methods, as a result of

commend that the percentage seta speech which he delivered yester aside for this purpose be substan- tially increased."

With regard to the Benevolent Committee, it is recommended that the number of non-Legion members

day in which he voiced vigorous denunciation of prohibition con- ditions.

Senator Wheeler declared that the people have grown diagusted with boosancrofite srait and

corruption,

clude men of special administra tive and financial experience, and Dallas, Tex., May 19A resolu representatives of non-Legion ex- tion expressing gratitude for Pre- Thesident Hoover's efforts toward-en- servicemen's organisations. income of the Legion is mainly de-forcement of the prohibition law rived from the proceeds of Poppy was adopted to-day by the national Day. For the year 1928-9, out of conference of the Methodist Church a grand total of 2817,777 no less here."," than £502,058 was derived from the sale of poppies.

The resolution urged Congress to tighten its efforts at enforcement.

Year by year the figures go up. In 1990. there wero 638 deaths. The figure rose to 1,003 in 1928, and 1,362 in 1929.

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