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4 Am. Crim. L. Q. 118 (1965-1966)
The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice: Organization and Goals

handle is hein.journals/amcrimlr4 and id is 120 raw text is: THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE: ORGANIZATION AND GOALS The following description of the proposed program of the Commission has been prepared as a background paper for lawyers, police authorities, judges, correc- tions officials and others interested in the Commission's work. The program is, of course, subject to continuing review and change. The Commission is hopeful that its publication here will stimulate comments and suggestions. JAMES VORENBERG* Executive Director of the Commission The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was established by President Johnson on July 23, 1965. The Executive Order creating the Commission charged it with inquir- ing into the causes of crime and the adequacy of the existing system of law enforcement, criminal justice and corrections. On the basis of these inquiries, the Commission was ordered to report to President Johnson by January, 1967, on how federal, state and local governments can make law enforcement and the administration of justice more effective and fair. The Chairman of the Commission is Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach. The other eighteen members are: Miss Genevieve Blatt, Pennsylvania Secretary of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Penna.; Justice Charles D. Breitel, New York Supreme Court, New York, N.Y.; Dr. Kingman Brewster, President of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Garrett H. Byrne, Suffolk County District Attorney, Boston, Mass.; Thomas J. Cahill, Chief of Police, San Francisco, Calif.; Otis Chandler, Publisher, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.; Leon Jaworski, At- torney, Houston, Tex.; Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of Califor- nia, Sacramento, Calif.; Ross L. Malone, Jr., former ABA President, Roswell, N.M.; U. S. District Judge James B. Parsons, Chicago, Ill.; Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Former ABA President, Richmond, Va.; William P. Rogers, former United States Attorney General, Washington, D.C.; Robert G. Storey, former ABA President, Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Robert J. Stuart, Pres- ident of the League of Women Voters, Spokane, Wash.; Robert F. Wag- ner, former Mayor of New York, New York, N.Y.; Herbert Wechsler, Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.; Whitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director, Urban League, New York, N.Y.; and U. S. District Judge Luther W. Youngdahl, Washington, D.C. * Mr. Vorenberg previously served as Director of the Office of Criminal Justice in the Department of Justice, and is now on leave as professor of law at Harvard Law School.

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