There can be no higher undertaking than that of aiding others in efforts that develop their character and spiritual qualities, and the Better Homes work is of that type.

His loss will be keenly felt by many thousands who never saw him, for he enriched our knowledge of one of the most important fields of culture.

I AM profoundly sorry to hear of the death of your brother.

The work of home improvement can never be finished, for the problems of homemaking will always be with us, and new conditions will alter them.

He inspired many younger men to do creative literary work.

Few men in American public life have given, during many years, such unselfish and such valuable service to their country.

The French loved him for his sympathetic understanding, but realized that during his long service in Paris he never lost any of his love for his own country and therefore never failed in his representative capacity.

Mr. Herrick's death will cause sorrow both at home and abroad.

I HAVE heard with profound regret of the death of Myron T. Herrick, our Ambassador in Paris.

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution No. 29 of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 434), as amended January 21 and December 28, 1922 (47 Stat. 358, 1067), that the above described lands, if otherwise subject to disposition, subject to valid rights, shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert land laws by qualified ex-service men of the War with Germany, under the terms and conditions of such resolutions and regulations issued thereunder, for a period of 91 days, beginning with the official filing of the plats of resurvey and thereafter to appropriation under any public land law applicable thereto by the general public.

Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to the released lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise except strictly in accordance herewith.

Mrs. Schaefer is in good health, brilliant, thoroughly fitted and experienced in clerical work, and that it is necessary that she be self-supporting.

This is a matter of great importance to the shipping industry in this country, and is a matter of even greater importance to American citizens who are engaging in ocean voyages in increasing numbers.

It is my desire that the American delegation urge the international acceptance of the highest practicable standards in the various fields which affect the safety of lives of American citizens and of American vessels at sea.

The recommendations which have been made by the technical committees organized by the Department of Commerce constitute, I am advised, a substantial basis for proposals by the United States at the forthcoming conference.

It has been the aspiration of Republican Presidents over many years—and I might say that the shorthand note which you will get in half an hour will expand this note that I have got here, that will be the accurate statement.

In other States including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida, the Republican leadership has in recent times shown increasing strength and is now rendering able and conscientious service in maintaining wholesome organization under whose advice the appointments to public office have steadily improved and commended themselves to the citizens of those States with increased confidence in the party.

Recent exposures of abuse in recommendations for Federal office, particularly in some parts of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi under which some of the Federal departments, mainly the Post Office, were misled in appointments, obviously render it impossible for the old organizations in those States to command the confidence of the administration, although many members of these organizations are not subject to criticism.