I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of action upon all these recommendations before adjournment.
Herbert Hoover
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Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1933. A member of the Republican Party, Hoover was born in Iowa but later moved to California. Before his presidency, he served as the Secretary of Commerce from 1921 to 1928, where he focused on promoting economic growth and efficiency. Hoover was also known for his humanitarian efforts during World War I, leading relief efforts in Europe and earning a reputation as a skilled administrator.
This is well indicated by the fact that less than one third of federal prisoners are due to prohibition.
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 and effort.
The District of Columbia is without an adequate prohibition enforcement law.
The overcrowding of the prisons themselves is inhumane and accentuates criminal tendencies.
The conclusion reached by the Acting Secretary of State has my approval and I recommend that the Congress authorize an appropriation of $152.35 to be paid to the Polish Government.
Their health, their education and their high ideals will determine the quality of American civilization a generation hence.
Thereby, we have inaugurated one of the greatest economic experiments in history on a basis of nationwide cooperation, not of charity.
We know that such ideas are anathema to the American mind, and no man could be elected a county commissioner on such a platform.





