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‘ . el .° vackenn,Micn. Maren &, ly3/ f ae: John Edgar Hoover, Director toy F.B.T. HK. Uae Washington, D.G. tar, Ta. bo. Tosy I Dear Mr+ Hoever: ~_ pm rE ee a eo ‘ - ‘ : H : fel r Thank you most simerely for your letter of Fea 6, iys/ and tor Y your enclosure of wateral regarding your department and its activity. = I have had thie meteral already in the hands of several or my triends, > one of the executives of our company has it now; so you see wnat I think - . or ite 7 wie I would like to have you samd me the cost of tne list you sena to a {" _ and _at the sang time sand this same list of pampniesks samt to - ; [- v MgpREREIY © hsv ie, Texas. I wiil be glad to senda you the cost are - o eee pamphlets because I will be using ag copy and do not wish to seni oie < it to here 4 May I comment here for tne moment on how continusly cawtlous we nope j Will be to keep polatics out of your department. I take every opportunity to talk this peint to my friends and place emphasis on results rether than pat ronagee | \ It ies 80 Surprifing thet your superior, Mri Cummings, would snow puch lack of phorristy at the moment as to his Apparent loppying for the e packing of th®\Supreme Court and in hie pointless and tllogical endeavors ¥ regarding samee If the supporters of the additional Supreme Gourt « members knew how the mam in the parbor snop, on the street car, and the str « corner ia talking against this move, they would forget their 'pallyno' and at get to work and with the same amount of energy directed to logical reasonin - °) find the way to legislate effectively within the constitution. If these ~ z/ 7 ain. same supporters Wanted to show their sincerity they would have suggested this court's additivue distributed onver say a ten year periods that would be statesmanship. No one doubts that more additions are needed in the lower courte, if logical members could be founds Logical persons tree fron politicos are too busy with their personal affairs to take a job of dowtful returnse J think that oareful thought on the statistics added to the 4t%' General's letter to the Presidentgwith due considerations tor the fact : that the 1915 figureB,are misleading on accowmt of congestion and startling a inefficiencies and the fact that nie departmentée efficiensy should have increased hand in hand wisn that exhibited in the direotion and adaini atrat of modern science and industry should indicate that tn extremely short as Washington woul@ indicate. RECORDED & INDEXED g 4 _ Ub - G 3- @ personal ia not as A \ Relief is no doubt needed but popular opinion in many parte is that tin Supreme Oourt is the wrong place to eatart. It is doubtful if the older members of the houses would Bg 80 jnt a law to elim nate. : VD f