It calls attention to the urgency of obedience to law by our citizens and to the imperative necessity for greater assumption and performance by State and local governments of their share of responsibilities under the 'concurrent enforcement' provision of the Constitution if enforcement is to be successful.
Message to the Congress Transmitting Report of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.
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I have today signed the bill authorizing the transfer of the cases of juvenile delinquents from the Federal system of criminal justice to juvenile courts in their home communities, provided these juvenile courts are willing to accept them.
Although I do not find myself in accord with your immediate proposal of another committee, I believe that if the signatories were fully informed as to the present effective organization they would agree with me.
Our Army, including the National Guard and all other reserves, has already been reduced much below the European standard 'police component.'
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