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Letter from William T. Elzinga to George W. Wickersham, Chairman of the Law Enforcement Commission, Stating that Trades Not Being Taught in School Leads to Boys Becoming Criminals
- 6/16/1929
Description
President Hoover established the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement in May 1929 in an effort to identify causes of criminal activity. Thousands of citizens wrote to George Wickersham, the commission’s chairman, to offer information and to express opinions about the causes of crime in the United States.
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.
National Archives Identifier: 6854450
Full Citation: Letter from William T. Elzinga to George W. Wickersham, Chairman of the Law Enforcement Commission, Stating that Trades Not Being Taught in School Leads to Boys Becoming Criminals; 6/16/1929; Records of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, Record Group 10. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-from-william-t-elzinga-to-george-w-wickersham-chairman-of-the-law-enforcement-commission-stating-that-trades-not-being-taught-in-school-leads-to-boys-becoming-criminals/, April 4, 2026]
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