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j a en ad a “ wee, LO EMRE fone sa - iw, SRAM x Mexico, De Fe General of the Division Manuel Avila Camacho Constitutional President of the United States of Mexico National Palsra ANU 6 Re Mexico, De Fe Your Excellency Mr. President: A congress of international chiefs of police to take place in Mexico, De Fe during the latter part of this year will be attended by Mr. John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Washington, D. Ce. As a group of persons who are interested in bettering the cultural and technical aspects of police activities in our country, we have proposed to pay homage to Mr. John Edgar Hoover for the splendid work he has done. We have taken the liberty to request that you if. Presi~ dent concede the highest decoration of our country to Mr. John Edgar Hoover: the Aztec Eagle. We realize that this high distinction should only be conceded persons of indisputable high qualifications and merit and, therefore, we believe that Mr. John Edgar Hoover qualifies in this regard because he has given posterity inestimable benefits. He is one of the world's living greats but he belongs principally to the Americas. John Edgar Hoover has made a reality of the dreams and efforts of Bertillon, Reiss, Hans Gross and Nicefor to give police activities a technical and professioal character eimilar to that possessed by the other liberal professions. It is John Edgar Hoover who has elevated the defense of society against crime by scientific methods. It is recalled that lfr. Hoover write in one of his books; “That — the mercenary politicians -~ oppose the institution of police courses in our schools and colleges because these courses would tend to create a higher type of policeman and provoke a reform of the police, and thanks to this reform this organization (probably meaning the FBI) will fimction upon a purely professional basis isolated from ali types of inflitences," Mr. John Edgar Hoover has been able to put into practice the fervent desires of scientific criminologists in his own school and laboratories by selecting his personnel according to technical criteria and giving them specific instruction in accordance with their duties. He has been able to fulfil the ideals of scientific criminologists by using scientific methods and technically preparing his men in efficiently combating crimee In order bm ote ve an tAnn nf the amel that ha Freaemn manfinemadt dn mma af the Ada at ane VU e+ Gis 2G VL VID WV A i v nas wou Pes. WA EA OO AG OU Mu WAY 2 bern ear * NR eR DEORE Rp ae pT BOS ee prea coramoman rene am Tg rt OD kor nape me