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OlsonDeclares All Humans Born Unequal and Hereditary
Judge Harry Olson of Chicago's municipal court urged segregation of weakminded individuals and opposed immigration of such persons in an Iowa State College speech on crime. He said most criminals are mentally and emotionally defective and advocated early separation and confinement in farm colonies. The talk, introduced by Senator W. R. Boyd, connected eugenics with crime prevention as a societal economy. A note: a 414‑pound alligator at the Omaha zoo is 125 years old.
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