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Herbert Hoover: “The purpose and scope of the Law Enforcement Commission, as stated in my inaugural address, is to critically consider…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1929
The purpose and scope of the Law Enforcement Commission, as stated in my inaugural address, is to critically consider the entire Federal machinery of justice, the redistribution of its functions, the simplification of its procedure, the provision of additional special tribunals, the better selection of juries, the more effective organization of our agencies of investigation and prosecution.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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