I am today a strong exponent of the desirability of committees which are created for some specific purpose or some specific duty where there is some definite and positive goal that can be set and methods by which it can be arrived at.

I am much gratified at the action taken in New York by which a joint committee has been appointed representing the financial and industrial leaders of that city, for the purpose, amongst other things, of securing that the expansion of…

I have therefore requested the Secretary of the Interior to convey this message of greetings to the Conference and to express my earnest hope that its deliberations may bear fruit in the well-being and advancement of the colored race in…

Not only French pioneering enterprise, but also French culture, have profoundly influenced American history and American thought.

Item 26 is amended by deleting the words 'Form No. 39.'

I will be obliged, however, if you will express my cordial greetings to the Congress and my wishes for a fruitful meeting.

It is a source of pride to all Americans that the vast system of instantaneous communications by means of the electrical telegraph originated in the mind of an American, Samuel F. B. Morse, whose culture was an honor to his country and…

I have given a great deal of consideration to the subject.

The Shipping Board, in its present form at least, should be abolished.

There can be no adequate check or coordinated direction of expenditure or commitments.

The American people are no less courageous and no less wise than the people of other nations.

It is the very keystone of recovery.

Without it the several measures for restoration of public confidence and reconstruction which we have already undertaken will be incomplete and the depression prolonged indefinitely.

Every reduction that can be made without serious injury to these services and injustice to our people should be effected.

I am confident that the undertaking of the representatives of both political parties to balance the budget remains and will be fulfilled.

It is, in fact, the very keystone of recovery, and it must be done.

The resultant revival of shipbuilding industry has provided employment not only at seaboard shipyards but throughout the country where are produced and manufactured a large part of the materials and equipment entering into the finished…

The constant volume of new construction has made possible a notable advance in the shipbuilding art.