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11 May 1932
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
Pardon of Joseph Burzenski.
Convicted of violating prohibition. Pardoned because he helped stop an escape. Burzenski's name has been blotted-out once at the top. (c/s Wm. D. Mitchell [AG])
GLC00045.41
06 April 1945
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
Pardon of Peter Joseph Glynn.
Convicted of violating liquor tax act. (c/s Francis Biddle [AG])
GLC00045.42
24 August 1936
Pardon of Joseph Beren, alien (c/s H. Cummings [AG])
Convicted of perjury in an immigration proceeding: pardoned so that he might be allowed to reapply for readmission if deported.
GLC00052
16 September 1942
Pardon of Albert Ellsworth Jackson (c/s Francis Biddle [AG])
Restoring Jackson's rights. Convicted of using the mails to defraud; pardoned since he has been a law-abiding citizen. Accompanied by transmittal letter from the U.S. Pardon Attorney.
GLC00068.22
29 October 1932
to Lewis L. Strauss
On the fifteenth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, writes to "express the hope that the ideal of the establishment of the National Jewish Home in Palestine, as embodied in that Declaration, will continue to prosper." Also notes his admiration...
GLC00162.14
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