Restoration of our usual economic prosperity is the business of every citizen.

Confidence and courage such as yours is contagious.

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), the act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 962-963; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 521), and the act of June 28, 1930 (46 Stat. 827-828), and…

There is room for further improvement.

Postage stamps purchased with official funds should be used only on correspondence and packages sent and received by the officer on the official business of his office.

The extent of crime is and must be a subject of increasing concern to the Government and to every well-disposed citizen.

The bankruptcy act should be amended to provide remedial processes in voluntary proceedings under which debtors, unable to pay their debts in due course, may have the protection of the court without being adjudged bankrupt.

Effective administration of the law in a Republic requires not only adequate and proper machinery, honest and capable officials, but above all a citizenry imbued with a spirit of respect for law.

I wish to express my deep sense of the wonderful blessing this work has been to those whose darkness has been lightened through this printed eye opening upon the outer world and supplied to them through your generosity and warm human…

I suggest that the Supreme Court of the United States be authorized to prescribe uniform rules of practice and procedure in criminal cases for all proceedings after verdicts in the district courts, and for the circuit courts of appeal…

Under authority and pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847-848), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that, subject to valid existing claims, the…

Relief should be granted in those districts where private litigants are suffering from delay, where civil and criminal dockets are seriously congested, and additional judges are needed.

Legislation should be enacted to permit an accused person to waive the requirement of indictment by grand jury.

In signing this bill which comprises an essential part of the reconstruction program, I desire to express my appreciation to the leaders and Members of both Senate and House of both parties, who have cooperated in its enactment.

The bill should accomplish two major purposes.

First. In a sense this bill is a national defense measure.

I trust that our banks with the assurances and facilities now provided will reach out to aid business and industry in such fashion as to increase employment and aid agriculture.

Army Day gives the nation an opportunity to express grateful appreciation to those who exposed their lives to the dangers of the battlefield and those who fell in defense of our national ideals.