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FDR: “No undertaking is more vital to the welfare of society at this time than that of the prevention and detection of crime.”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1934
No undertaking is more vital to the welfare of society at this time than that of the prevention and detection of crime.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Greeting to the International Association of Chiefs of Police

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