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March 2, 1926

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GOV. SMITH CALLS FOR CRIME INQUIRY STATE-WIDE IN SCOPE; Special Message to Legislature Urges That New York Take Lead in Prevention. WANTS PRISONS STUDIED Would Also Have Workings of Judicial System Investigated by Commission. LEADERS FAVOR SUGGESTION Governor Contrasts 262 Murders in New York in a Year to London's 42. GOV. SMITH CALLS FOR CRIME INQUIRY

By Special to The New York Times.ALFRED E. SMITH

Message from Gov Smith to Legis calling for appt of comm and State-wide inquiry

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SAYS POLICE, BRIBED BY AUTOISTS, FORGED MAGISTRATES' NAMES; Brooklyn Prosecutor Accuses Two Members of Motorcycle Squad of Graft Scheme. 20 MOTORISTS SUMMONED Rubber Stamps Used to Mark "Sentence Suspended" on Cases in Traffic Court. SECRET INQUIRY TODAY Evidence to Be Sent to Grand Jury and Policemen Arrested, Cuff Asserts. SAYS POLICE FORGED MAGISTRATES' NAMES

By Unknown Author

20 summonses issued in investigation by Atty J I Cuff of forgery and bribery in Bklyn Traffic Court, involving 2 members of Motorcycle Squad and many motorists; rubber stamps with facsimile signatures of judges used and motorists paid from $10 to $30 to have cases dropped; McLaughlin will not suspend policemen until after hearing

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Notable Births

Bernard Agré

1926Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (died 2014)[†]

Bernard Agré was an Ivorian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 1994 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001.

Murray Rothbard

1926Murray Rothbard, American economist and historian (died 1995)[†]

Murray Newton Rothbard was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement, particularly its right-wing strands, and was a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism. He wrote over twenty books on political theory, history, economics, and other subjects.