LAYS "CRIME WAVE" TO LOVE OF LEGISLATION

The crime wave in the United States is only a term emanating from the fact that in America we are inclined to legislative action, and have legislatures in our cities, towns, and states," declared Robert von Moschzisker, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday.

"Why should crime be said to be rampant in our country any more than the rest of the world," he went on. "Crime will have its run after any war, when a departure from normalcy is in order. This last war was a world disturbance and will naturally be followed by a world upheaval in crime. Attributing this to the United States can therefore result only from our inherent desire for legislation. When a man parks his auto on the wrong side of the street, or violates the prohibition law wantonly, he is held to be a criminal, but minor offenses are not the prenomena whereby we judge crime."

In Cambridge for Ames Competition

Judge von Moschzisker's next topic of discussion was the coal situation. "There is only one point of difference between the two contending factions in the present controversy," he said. "They can agree as to a wage scale and contract for the present, but the operators insist on the arbitration of the wage scale when the contract expires. John Lewis, leader of the miners, says that an agreement to this proposition would be entering into voluntary slavery. However, contrary to general opinion. I am sure that both parties are trying to serve the public faithfully. Pennsylvania is suffering just as much as the rest of the country, and this fact will act as a check on the strike. However, from this deadlock, when settled, will undoubtedly result a settlement which will be permanent, and avoid annual disturbances in the coal region. Luckily our coal supply is inexhaustible as far as can be determined."

Judge von Moschzisker is the youngest Supreme Court Chief Justice in the country, having been on the bench for 22 years. He has come to Boston to preside at the finals of the Ames Competition in the University Law School.

"I will say in this connection." Judge von Moschzisker said in conclusion, "that I consider the Harvard Law School to be the fluest institution of its kind in the country, which also places it first among the Law Schools of the English speaking world."