Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of action upon all these recommendations before adjournment."

"This is well indicated by the fact that less than one third of federal prisoners are due to prohibition."

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

"There should be a transfer of the functions of detection and prosecution of prohibition cases from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice, and thus an ending of divided responsibility an..."