Herbert Hoover
The Public Record
I shall labor as I have labored to meet the effects of the worldwide storm which has devastated us with trials and suffering unequalled in but few periods of our history.
These policies and measures will hold our hard-won American system of ordered liberty and government.
These are our objectives and with unceasing effort, with courage and faith in Almighty God, they will be attained.
His services to country were so varied and valuable as to earn the gratitude of the Nation and his character won him the high regard of a host of friends.
I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of your husband, who was my good friend and distinguished predecessor in the Department of Commerce.
This measure is an important step forward in that it sets an example through its recognition by the Federal Government of the principle that even the relatively small number of juveniles in the Federal system should be handled on a modern…
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.
This step was recommended in one of the reports of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, was included in the recommendations in the President's message to Congress, and has had the active interest and approval of…
It is also a recognition by the Federal Government of the juvenile court as the proper place for the handling of the cases of all juveniles, and is an acceptance of the principle that juvenile offenders are the product of and the…





