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Show the President of Radeliffe College to a former Secretary of War. The commission, in a two years' study, will undoubtedly bring some amazing facts to light. The President Presi-dent said: "Every student of our law-enforcement law-enforcement mechanism knows full well that it is in need of vigorous reorganization; re-organization; that its proceedure unduly un-duly favors the criminal; that our judiciary ju-diciary needs to be strengthened; that the methods of assembling our juries needs revision; that justice must be more swift and sure." For many years the statute books have grown steadily more weighty with a burden of laws. Red tape abounds on every hand. A clever lawyer, law-yer, apparently, can find a technicality technical-ity to fit any case. Many famous trials tri-als seem to be contests in oratory and evasion, rather than surveys of facts. As a result, the criminal has prospered. pros-pered. The ten men and one woman Mr. Hoover has selected represent every section of the United States. They are extraordinarily well fitted to cope with the difficult task ahead. Every Ev-ery American citizen who is interested inter-ested in preserving individual liberty and constitutional rights, and punishing pun-ishing criminals, will wish them success. PUNISH THE CRIMINAL, PRESERVE LIBERTY. ' President Hoover's selection cf members for his commission to study crime and our antiquated law machinery machin-ery insures a scientific and impartial survey. Every member is distinguished distin-guished in an important field of endeavor en-deavor and their vocations run from |