Show Complete Text of President Hoovers Hoover's Inaugural Address I The mn most t man malign of or all these dan dangers today is II disregard rd and dis tiis disobedience obedience of oC law Crime is l increasing The Increasing The duty duly of cf citizens to support the laws la of the tile land I is js 0 coequal with the duty cluty of or their government go i to enforce the laws which exist WASHINGTON WASHINGTON March March 1 4 AP- AP AP AI Hero hem Is tho tiro text of the tho Inaugural address ad ad- firm dress of ot President Herbert Hoover My Countrymen Tills This occa occasion lon In is not alone the administration ad al ministration of ot the most sacred oath which can cnn ha be assumed by an on American Amer Ivan ican citizen clUzen It Is a dedication and consecration under Go Cod flod 1 to tho the highest high high- set est office In service of our people I I. I assume tits this trust In the tho humility of or I Knowledge that only through the tha guld guld 1 unco anco of Almighty can I 1 liopo to discharge Its Ita burdens It Is la In keeping with tradition throughout our history that I 1 should express simply and directly the 0 tons Inns which I hol hold 1 concerning some name of ot tho the matters of present Importance If Jr we survey the situation of ot our nation both at home and abroad wo wu find thul many satisfactions we find some muses for concern We Ve have emerged d from front the tha losses of ot the great war and Clio tho reconstruction following It with l Increased virility and strength From tithe strength we wo have contributed tj to the recovery and anel progress ot or the 1 What America has done dona has hai renewed hope hopa and courage e to nil who win have faith In government by lIy bytho the tho people In the larger view wo we tiara hivo 11 0 r readied n a higher degree of cam cam- furl fort nod mid security then than over existed before In III the history of ot the tho world Through liberation from widespread poverty wo havo reached a higher do do- Kroo Krum reo of Individual freedom than over OHr The devotion to and concern for our Institutions are deep and sin sin- cur core oro o. o We aro are steadily building a new race race race- a 1 new lIew civilization groat gront In Its own attainments 1 The In Influence and high purposes of our nation are reminded re re- minded among the peoples of ot the world Wo We aspire to to distinction In inthe tho the world but to a distinction based upon lIpon con confidence In our sense ot of justice as I well as our accomplishments within our own borders and In our own lives l For or wise willo guidance In this thin great period tot lot recovery the tho nation Is deeply In In- to Calvin Cool Coolidge Id EC Hut all nil tills this majestic advance should rOt obscure obscuro the constant dangers from which government self must bo be safe sate guarded The Tho strong man must at all times timeR be alert to the tho attack of ot OilS oars us disease The most malign of ot all alt these danKen dan dan- Ken er today Is disregard gard and enco of ot law Crime Is 11 Increasing Confidence Con Can In rigid and anti speedy Justice Is U decreasing I am not prepared to bellevo be be- here that list this Indicates any decay In Inho ho Ike moral fiber of the tho American pao plo 1110 I am not prepared to believe that U It Indicates an Importance of the fed fell Brat government to enforce its laws lawR Wo We are fortunate fortunato In the ability and Integrity of or our federal judges and attorneys but tho the system which those offices are aro called upon to administer ter terIs Is Js In la many respects to pro pro- Ire day tout conditions Its Intricate and Involved rules ot of procedure have havo ba ba- rome come the reffuge cf f both big and little criminal There Thero is a brief abroad that by technicalities sub and delay the ends of ot justice may be thwarted by those thoe who can ray pity the tho he cot cost Reform reorganization and the strengthening ot of our whole judicial and t enforcement nfl system both In la civil and aull criminal sides have havo been advocated for years years by statesmen judges and bar associations First stepa toward j that end el should not longer bs 1111 delayed aye 1 and expeditious justice fa fit tho the j t s safeguard of ot freedom the basis of j Mil all ordered liberty the vital force of f I progress It must not come to be bo bein bein boIn 9 in our republic that It can be bo defeated de do fated l Iy by y the Indifference of the citi- citi 1 pen ren 0 by exploitation of ot the delays and j entanglements rf r the tho law or by com corn b of lIt criminals Justice ct nc att JIt t fn fall 11 because the tho agencies of ot enI enforcement en 1 I aro are either delinquent or or In In- Inefficiently efficiently To r Ili thoo eo evils to tIed fled their dy Is 3 Iha most sore soro necessity ct of our times Ot I it the tho undoubted abuses which lj have Ia Ino grown up under tha eighteenth h j amendment part are due to tho the c c. c caus- caus us us- tS t'S 3 I 1 have just mentioned but part t I t era r ru One due to tho failure of at some same states a t f In III accept 1 their share of ot responsibility lor tor c concurrent enforcement and to the Uie of nInny many state and local 3 ia It i L rpt crept the obligation under their lr r of or to enforce tha thaI thaI I I iv h. h With the failures from Crom these UI y c ru us s has hUll c- c come me a dangerous p. i In I n lon m ru the criminal vrho itlO v ho t hivo fand e enlarged opportunities in Iz coaling l III illegal liquor lint Bt B t a 1 Iu large Urfe e responsibility rests directly dl di Id I- I n n oa our There would d be J little trat trade trade- In illegal liQuor It If only j tu to 1 It U. We 13 must it ti II to lire tho Ill r flirt fiat lt tbt this patronage front fret large of oC law abiding t dl bases K J s the tho rewards and andi i 1111 I have hare been beu tI by hy you yoa to elet oxe- oxe fit t and enforce the laws of l fa iv y I to do du sn so o to the extent of Or my own abilities I lit ies hut hilt the measure measurer t it r vu i t Mesa i fit 1 ih Ihn i the he ahall t II t 1 n II wl xi 11 0 1 Cp d upon the moral MU bin t ir t rt 11 U voi C as us citizens extend T i c duty o o. o t to support tha tUa In laws Ins s 's of the land tand la Is coequal with the t duty JUlY of their government to enforce the laws which e exist ht No greater national national na na- na service can be given by then men and anti women ot or goo good 1 will will will-v. will oho who ho I know are not unmindful of the responsibilities of citizenship than citizenship than that the they should It by their example assist 1 In stamping out crime and outlawry by refusing participation In and condemn n condemning I I fug ing all transactions with whit Illegal liquor I Our whole system of government seif I will crumble either elthEr It If elect what laws lavis they will enforce or citizens I. I elect what laws they will support The worst evil of disregard 1 for fur some Route la law laV lawIt lawis V It is that It destroys respect for tor all law I For or our citizens to patronize the violation vio mutton lation of a particular law on the that the they are opposed to It ItIs Itis Itla Is la destructive of oT tho the very ery basis hash of all that Brat protection of life lite or homes Monies and property which they rightly claim under under un un- un der other laws lawn If It citizens do not Dot like Ilka a law their duly duty as honest men andi and i women Is M to discourage Its Us violation I their right U le openly to work for fur Its repeal I I f to appoint a national corn Com loll for tor a searching Investigation I of oC the whole structure of our federal By H to m of ot jurisprudence to Include the tha math l I of ot enforcement of ot the eighteenth amendment and the causes of ot abuse allus under It Us Its purpose will be beto beto beto to make mako such suell recommendations for reorganization of ot tho the administration of federal laws and court procedure as may be found desirable In la the meantime mean time It Is essential that a largo large part ot of the enforcement activities be transferred trans furred ferrel from the tho treasury department to the department of ot justice as a beginning beginning begin begin- ning of more moro effective organization The Thu election has hils again confirmed the determination of the American people that regulation of at private enterprise and not government ownership or operation op op- oration Is the tho course rightly to lie he pursued pursued pur sued In our relation to business In III recent years we have bave established u Ii differentiation In ht the whole hols method of ot business regulation between tho the In Industries industries In in- which produce and distribute commodities on oar the one hand and public pub lub lie lic utilities on the other In tho the former for mer mor our laws lava Ins Insist lilt upon effective competition In the latter because we substantially COli confer canter for a B monopoly by limiting competition we must regulate e their services l a and rates Tho rigid enforcement of ot the law applicable to both groups Is b the lire very base of equal opportunity and freedom from donn domination dom for all our people a aut and d It Is Ito I just as essential for the stability and nud prosperity of ot business busness Itself as for forthe forthe the protection of tho the public at large Such regulation should be extended bythe byttlo by bytho the tho federal government within the 1 I lions of ot the constitution anI and only when hon tho the individual states are without without with with- out power to protect their citizens through h t their own authority On the theother theother theother other hand we should be fearless when tho the authority rests reals l only lu the federal l government The larger purpose of our economic thought should be to establish mon mol firmly stability and security of ot buss bussi business bus bUl I iness mess and employment and ami thereby remove poverty still further from our borders Our people have havo in r recent cont years developed a nsw new found themselves them them- selves to effect high In Itc public pub lic Ile welfare It Is an to the tha highest concoction ot tiC self self govern I meat ment government does not anti and should not Imply the 1103 ot of political agencies algae alore Progress Is born of I cooperation in m the tha community not community not I from governmental restrains The fhe I government should assist I and age aRe these movements mo l of collective t self self- help by itself cooperating with them 1 his hs by cooperation made great progress In the advancement of or ori I i service In stability In regularity of oC employment and in the tho cur correction cor of ot 1 Ills Its own abuses Sac Sica 1 pro progress how bow I ever cm continue only S si ss Ion III Ions us as usI i business manifests its lis r respect for 11 law w. w I I There Thare Is b ua Ul equally c important field of cooperation by the tha federal government govern orn ment went with t the tha a multitude of or ng state stale municipal and private iu tn the tI end and private in the systematic deve of ot tho those process process- 04 Oi which directly affect public h health l h I recreation education and the tha lulU home 3 I We hare bare need further to perfect the means by which government can cau b ba adapted to human service Although education is primarily l a responsibility o of the tho states mini local communities and rightly so 80 yet the nation as a ahole whole hole hole h is M tally italy concerned ii in its development Je ever everywhere every where tJ to the highest standards ant antto ad aad to complete universality ov eminent can succeed only through h an nn instructed electorate Our objective ob- ob is not simply to overcome U ii iI litera literary y The nation nas nu marched tar beyond that lM more complex lex th the problems of at tho the nation become tn tee greater is the need for more ant and more advanced in Moreover Moreo a at atour I our numbers in increase and as 15 our or lite itte expands with science and invention we must most discover more mOl and ana more lead leaders rs for lor every walk of ol life liCe We cannot hope to suc succeed in directing this increasingly civilization unless j we e con cnn draw raw all the talent of leadership from the tie whole people One civilization at after r another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure lecure sufficient leadership from Irom a tingle single group or tl Class ilass If It we Ve would prevent the growth g of ot class distinctions and would constantly refresh our leadership leader ship with the ideals Ideal of ot our people ve we e mu must t draw constantly from the tho gener genera general al mass masa The full opportunity oPi for every boy Loy and irl to rise rile through the selective elective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership The United States fully accepts the profound truth that our own progress prosperity and peace are with rith the progress prosperity and peace pence of all humanity The whole world is at peace The dangers Jankers to a continuation of this peace today are Largely the fear and suspicion which till still haunt the world No suspicion or orear fear ear can be Le rightly directed toward our ur country Those w woo ao have a true understand understand- kg Ing ng of ot America know that we have no desire for tor territorial expansion for or economic or other domination of other oiher peoples people Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom Our form torn of government is III 11 II adapted to the responsibilities which inevitably follow permanent limitation imitation of the independence of other peoples Superficial observers observer seem to find no destiny for our abounding Increase in population in wealth and power except that of imperialism They fail fall to see lee that the American people are ore engrossed in the building for themselves of ot a new economic system tem tern a new now social system a new political po po- system alt all of which are characterized by aspirations of oC freedom free dom dour of opportunity an and thereby are the negation of ot imperialism They fail lail to realize that because of our abounding prosperity our youth are pressing ing more and more moro into our fins n- n ions of learning that our peo pea people pIe pia ale me seeking a larger vision through art literature science and travel that they are aro moving toward stronger moral and spiritual life life- life that from these things our sympathies sympathies thies are arc broadening be beyond ond the bounds of our nation and race toward their true expression in a real brotherhood brotherhood bro bro- of man They fail to e t i s that the idealism of ol America will lead it to w no narrow or selfish channel but inspire it to do its full lull share asa as asa asa a nation toward the advancement of civilization It will so that not by mete mere declaration but by taking a apra pra practical part in supporting all useful international undertakings We Wo not only desire peace with the time world but butto butto to see p ae maintained lout the world We wish to advance the reign of oC justice and reason tow toward rd the extinction of force The recent treaty tre for the renunciation clation of or war as an un instrument of ol rational national policy sets an advanced standard in our conception of the relations re reo re- re lations of nations Its acce acceptance tance should pave the wa way to greater limItation lim lim- limitation of or armament the offer of which we sincerely extend to the Ule world But Hut its full foil realization also implies a 11 greater g anal greater perfection Inthe in inthe inthe the instrumentalities for pacific settlement set set- settlement of controversies between beto nation nation- In the creation and use of three instrumentalities we |