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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.
There is a sentimentalism in some people which makes popular heroes out of criminals which needs replacement by a sentimentalism that makes a popular hero of the policeman for the courage and devotion he shows in protection of our citizens.
If the police had the vigilant, universal backing of public opinion in their communities, if they had the implacable support of the prosecuting authorities and the courts, if our criminal laws in their endeavor to protect the innocent did…
I wonder at times that they maintain the vigilance and courage they do against the odds with which they have to contend.
In the United States a major responsibility rests upon the shoulders of our Chiefs of Police.
I look forward confidently to the day when the moral forces of every community will rally to your support in the fight against crime everywhere.
I EXTEND to you and your fellow countrymen my sincere felicitations on this anniversary of the Republic of China.
The importance of high standards of product and professional practice in pharmacy may well be more generally recognized, and Pharmacy Week is a commendable educational effort to that end.
It is a movement of national assurance and of unity of action in an American way to assist business, employment, and agriculture.
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