Herbert Hoover actually said...

The overcrowding of the prisons themselves is inhumane and accentuates criminal tendencies.

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

04/27/1930

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The leaders in the Senate have been consulted and are in agreement with this program.

There is no truth in the statement that Mr. Hilles has been displaced in New York appointment matters.

It is my understanding that the advocates of the naval treaty in the Senate are earnestly striving for action in the present session.

The leaders of the Senate have been consulted, and they are in agreement with this program.