I particularly wish to take this opportunity to express the appreciation which all of us hold for the work you have accomplished as Farm Loan Commissioner during the past two years.

I intensely regret that your decision is irrevocable and that, in the circumstances, the duty devolves upon me to accept your resignation.

I haven't a single question from the press this morning.

A press conference is a conference that works both ways.

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34-36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the tracts of land in Alaska, lying within the hereinafter described…

I shall be delighted to act in any capacity that will be a genuine tribute to Mr. Edison's services.

Mrs. Jean N. Edington may be appointed to an appropriate position in the classified service without regard to the requirements of the civil service rules.

Pursuant to authority contained in Sections 5 and 6 of the Act of Congress, approved June 10, 1922, the rates prescribed in said Act are hereby announced as effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, for the rental and subsistence…

That is all that I have--that I am able to give you.

It is regarded by all of the experts as probably the greatest menace that could come into American horticulture, and the proposal of the Government is to spend the money to stamp it out instantly without dilly-dallying with it at all.

We have sent recommendations to Congress to make an emergency appropriation to deal with this particular pest because it is probably the most dangerous thing that has attacked American horticulture.

Our Government in Washington has grown greatly during the past 15 years.

Of all the honors which have been bestowed, I rate most highly the approval of my professional brethren as expressed in the John Fritz Medal.

I regret deeply that the condition of your health has been such of late as to give anxiety to your friends, and seems to preclude the strain which would ensue from important negotiations which are likely to be designated to the…

A man never loses his love for the profession of his choice, no matter whither the opportunities for service may divert his steps in later life or how interesting the activities in those other fields may become.

For our tasks and their tasks there is need of a daily inspiration of surroundings that suggest not only the traditions of the past but the greatness of the future.

These areas are pressing strongly that they should be represented, especially in view of the character of problems that are now likely to arise.

No one in 150 years has been able to improve upon it.