Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
HOOVER TO APPOINT
PROMINENT MEN ON
ENFORCEMENT UNIT
Selection of Outstanding
Personnel May Be Made
in 80 Days.
COMMISSION OF NINE
IS BELIEVED PLANNED
Leaders in Nations Legal and
Judicial Circles to Study Pro-
hibition Situation.

President Hoover's special law en-
forcement commission will be composed
of outstanding men in the Nations legal
and judicial circles. and their selection
will not be completed for perhaps 80
days. 1t was learned today at the White
House.
The President to date has not talked
with or approached any prospective
member Of the commission, but it was
indicated he may begin consideration of
its personnel within week or 10 days.
1t was made plain that Mr.. Hoover
will not be stampeded into a hurried
appointment of the body, which will
have the all-important task of finding
out what is wrong with Americas law
enforcement system.
The most careful consideration will
be given to formation of the commits
sion, to insure selection Of men of the
highest attainment In the field of law
and Jurisprudence. Apparently the
President will not go out of this limited
field in effecting organization of the
commission.
To Consider Recommendations.
There Is reason to believe that the
President will consider the recon-
mendations of such reputable bodies as
the National Crime Commission and
the American Bar Association in con-
nectlon with his choice of members of
the law enforcement grand jury" In
doing so. Mr.. Hoover would be follow
ing practice that he pursued while
Secretary Of Commerce, when confront
ed with the duty of organizing i'm
portant social and industrial groups.
1t Is believed that the commission
will consist of nine members.
The fun scope of the investigation of
law enforcement contemplated was dis
closed yesterday when in reply to ques-
lions OF press correspondents the PreSi-
ent said 1T Is intended to cover the
entire question of law enforcement and
organization of Justice"
1T will also naturally include con-
sideration of the method of enforcement
OF the eighteenth amendment and
abuses which have grown up together
with the enforcement of the laws in
respect to narcotics, to immigration, to
trade restraint and every other branch
of Federal Government law enforce
ment," he said.
THE first step in law enforcement" :"
ne added, lis adequate organization of
our judicial and enforcement system"
In critically considering the entire
Federal machinery of justice, the Presi-
dent said the purpose and scope of the
commission would be to study the re-
dictrihnfi0Y1 of re f.1nofiarc tho civ,,vJi
flcation of its procedure, the provision
of additional special tribunals the bet
ter selection of juries and the more
effective organization of our agencies
of investigation and prosecution"
Confers on Farm Bill.
President Hoover was presented
with an optimistic picture of the farm
relief situation in conferences today
with Representative Smell of New York,
chairman of the rules committee of the
House, and Senator McNary of Oregon,
Senate farm relief leader. Chairman
Smell predicted that the House in spe-
cial session next month will pass some
kind of agricultural bill' in week or
10 days, and Senator McNary declared
that the Senate will pass the bill in
five days.
Mr.. Smell, following his conference
with the President, said that a farm
relief bill would be ready for the imme-
diate consideration of the House when
it convenes on April Is, and the Ore
gon Senator, who was co-author of the
Inflated McNary- -Haugen bill, declared
that the Senate also would be in posi-
ton to act without delay. Senator
McNary said that arrangements also
were being made to facilitate considera-
1f he naiF
deemed necessary by the President.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the
Veterans Bureau, visited the President
briefly this morning. Afterward he said
that he would remain on duty at the
bureau until the President saw fit to
remove him. He refused to amplify
this statement