The great basic facts are already well known.

With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally.

No one realizes more than I the importance of cooperation between the Executive and Congress, and no one holds the authority and dignity of the Congress of the United States in higher respect than I do.

The chief argument in favor of the provision was that the Congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated by Secret Service men.

It is not too much to say that this amendment has been of benefit only, and could be of benefit only, to the criminal classes.

It would be far better to do this than to do what actually was done, and strive to prevent or at least to hamper effective action against criminals by the executive branch of the Government.

Only criminals need fear our detectives.

I have always not only deprecated but vigorously resented the practice of indiscriminate attack upon Congress.

I am wholly at a loss to understand the concluding portion of the resolution.

In the prosecution of criminals and the enforcement of the laws the President must resort to the courts of the United States.

I did not make any such statement in this message.

It is hereby ordered that the unallotted lands in Tps. 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 N., Rs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 W., and Tps. 22 and 23 N., Rs. 6, 7, and 8 W. of the New Mexico principal meridian, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for…

I especially urge that the proposed department of housing and labor be established.

Poverty, disease, and crime are largely due to defects of social conditions and surroundings.

A single executive head would increase efficiency, determine responsibility, and eliminate delays and uncertainties inevitable under the present system.

The supervision of these agencies is at present limited to the police.

The wickedness of the slanders is only surpassed by their fatuity.

So utterly baseless are the stories that apparently they represent in part merely material collected for campaign purposes and in part stories originally concocted with a view of possible blackmail.