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TOPICS OF THE NIONTH89]. it recent i,nuesti,gati,ons tori,.,ubt tl,tat where there i,s:irioke there m,u.st be f,re. TheHofstadter, or Seabury, Com,-tiiittee in New York, obstru,cteclttt euerA tttrn, has brouclht outtti part at least the d,eplorablestate of alf ai,rs i,n that city, ancl,as f or Chi,cago, the yti,cture isoll too familiar to ad,mi,t of antlI ctubts.Corrupt Ttoli,ti,cs ofers th,ecrimi,nal, th,e aicl ancl ytrotecti,ott,essent,iaL to hi,s operations. Itshares i,n hi,s prof,ts. Wi,thoutpoli,tical, sultport, tlt e wnclerrcorl,d,tuould, f,ncl i,t dr,fficult, tosay the least, to conduct an i,nclu,stryulti,ch has come to talteits place anl,ong the m,a1or i,nclustri"esof the country.-_*,,ITALIANSWON'T TALK''(1 Rf XIINALS. etccording to\-'r tlte Wickersltom Commiss'iom,ctre knou;n to th,e ytoli,ce.But i,n New York the ytoli,ceplead, to an amaeing i,gnorancewhich often, bord,ers on thetragi,c, Wi,tness the brutalki,ll,itr,g of two chi,ld,ren and, thewou,ndlirt,g of three others byracketeers recently in one oftl're +nost congestecl of NewYorlt,'s Lr,ttle ltalies. To th,i,.sclay l{ew York's " finest" areliterally uyt a tree.Incapable of maki,ng an arrest,th,eysloift the onus of th,eirimy:otence on to the lzumble att,cl,neglected, f olks of the ne.i,ghbor-Itoocl ,i,n, tulztclt, the h,i,cleouscrlme occurreiL. " Italians ruillnot talk" is thetr alibi,. A seriesof m,urders haue taken place inthat neigltborhoocl, in recentm,onths. All prof essional murrl,ers,clncei,uecl, and, enecuted, byprof essional, .qunmen ancl, racheteers.No arrest,s. No clues.I{ ot th,e slig.trttest eui,dence ofpoli,ce effici,encw. Not th,e least'protect'ion f or th,e local public.TOPICS OF THE MONTH(Contintted from Page 54)Is if ang ruonder tlml, Italianswi,ll not to,lk?But who d,oes talk in l{eu;T ork? I{ o one ns g et has talhedin tLr,e Rothstei,n case. Or in theViui,o,n Gord,on case. Or im thehunclreds of other unsolued, and,i,nsolubl,e cases tltat .are gi,uingl{ew Torh a reltutcr,t'ion thateaen Ch,icu,ao might decry.Italians tallred, in Si,cily w'trtenthe police f orces of ltal,yyLou,nceiL ott tlte ll,Iafia and, d,estroyeclit u;i,th an effici,encyuhiclt 'trtas becom,e enemplary inpolice h,i,storg. Tl'tey talked, becausethey knew th,ey could relyon the ysoli,ce to protect tlt,em"IIas i,t occurrecl to IrtsTtectorSulli,uan, tLLe a,uthor of thepltrase " Ital,,ians rcon't ta'Llt,,"that tlt,e fai,l,u,re of Li,ttle ltalyto syteak-assum,'ing, of course,that i,t cou,ld sytealt or tltat it'h,ad, i,nf ormation to c1i,u e-was,after all,, a,n indictnt,ettt of hi,sD eytartment, i,ts i,gnor ance atr,cli,neffici,ency?''These crintittals,'' soys thelVickersham, report, " are uelllmown to t'he pctlice, btft byreason, c.,f the si,ni,ster 'influencer:nerted, by corrupt poli,ti,cr,ansouer tlt,e ch,i,ef ancl,lis f orce areallou.:ecl to cont'inu,e th,ei,r crittt-'inal, careers when but f or su,chinfl,uence th,e Ttolice f orce wotildntake q, muclt, better shouingthan r,t d,oes."Anyone li,uing in Little ltalumi(tht reodily testify to tltisfact.- .*-THE ITALI. JVS TffNEW YORK STATEtT\ llE Cettsus Burprttt rcpot'1.'L l,l,,tl iyr,l{etu Yot'k Staie ll,r'Italians Learl, all otlt,er racialgroups in tlt,e nLLm,bc,r of fotei,gt'tborn. Follouecl by th,eRtts.sians, Poles ancl Germa,ns,th,ey cottstitute nt()re than onef,fthof the total, u;hich, rs eractly3,197,549,T'ltis i,s si.g,ux/icant cts inilicatingth,e entent of i,mmi,grati,onf rom. Ital,tf itr, the last twod,ecad,es--a n'rnss immi,grationtt,nique tn Amert,can 'h,istory.Almost 600,000 ltali,ans enteredthi,s country i,n th,e tzu*o yearsprecerling the war, ancl, stncethen, notwitlt stand,i,ng tlzeefforts to sl'tttt our doors, about20,000 lr,a'"-e been com'ing inyearly, bath, i,n ancl, entra quota,.Bu,t et*en, nl,ore interesti,ngthan th,i,s is the fact tl,r,at ltali,-ans, alien, natu,ralieecl, tlna[, nat'iueborn, are to-clay the seconil,largest raci,al group i,n theState. I{eu York City alonehas Mllre than one mi,lli,onItal,ians, the majority of tuhomh,aue conte to America i,n th,elast true,ttty Aears.Th,ere i,s not a touu, or l,tamletin tlt e entzre S,tate ahi,ch, i,stuith,out i,ts cluota of ltali,ans.In tlt,e country at large tlt,eyconst'itute opprom,ntately 5 percent ol tlLe yto2tulati,on, a,ndtltey are to be found, i,n eaerystate of tlt,e Un'i,on, on f arms asuell as in ci,t'ies, eueryult,erecontributing greatly to tl't,eeconolnll r;f the natiom,.- -l-POLITICALLY,THE ITALIAJVSBEGIN TO "ARRIVE'''T\fl E lole Bishoyt Potter pra--l tlicfetl llral flre Italionsuould, euentually rule NewYork. He set the ti,me as fi,ftyyears. So far, u;ith, some 200,-000 uote,s at tlt,r:ir comm,ancl,tltey haue ber:n slou; to caTti,talizeth,ei,r strength,. But tltey arecom'ing alctng and, uery fast.In 1929, tr'itlt, CongressnranLa Guard,ia, on tlt,e RepublicanFuston ti,cket f or fuIayor, they11aue 'To,tnn1,an11 Hall, much tothi,nL; about ancl tll,e press m,ucl,Lto write abottt. Th,ey di,cl notttote as a unit, but di,splayecl remarkable(J roup conscr,ousnessund, gaae et;iclence all olong theli,ne that politically th,ey had" arriQ)eal,."