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On the recordApril 27, 1930
There must be extension of federal prisons with more adequate parole system and other modern treatment of prisoners.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Special Message to the Congress Urging Enactment of Recommendations for Criminal Law Enforcement.

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