I cannot admit the power in the Senate to encroach upon the Executive functions by removal of a duly appointed executive officer under the guise of reconsideration of his nomination.

I regret that the Government should be absorbed upon such questions as the action of the Power Commission in employment or nonemployment of two subordinate officials at a time when the condition of the country requires every constructive…

I cannot, however, allow a false issue to be placed before the country.

In any event, the objective of the Senate constitutes an attempt to dictate to an administrative agency upon the appointment of subordinates and an attempted invasion of the authority of the Executive.

The resolution raises the question of the independence of the executive arm of the Government in respect of the appointment and removal of executive officials.

Much of the debate indicates plainly that those who favored this resolution are intent upon removing Messrs. Smith, Draper, and Garsaud, not because they are unqualified but to insist upon the Senate's own selection of certain subordinates.

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress an estimate of appropriation for the Department of Labor for salaries and expenses, Bureau of Immigration, for the fiscal year 1932, amounting to $500,000, which is…

I transmit herewith for the information of the Congress the official report of the American Samoan Commission.

The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations…

Any obligations incurred prior to the date of retirement or separation from the service for which expenditures from official funds have not been made, and all obligations incurred subsequent to such date, must be submitted to the…

Accounts and claims for services of this kind should therefore be submitted to the Secretary of State for adjudication and transmission to the General Accounting Office.

Mrs. Mildred Barnes Mclnturff may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Commerce without reference to the provisions of the civil service rules.

Payment from official funds may be made for all obligations, including those for transportation, incurred prior to the date of retirement or separation from the service of the officer, provided payment therefor is also made prior to such…

For the purpose of bringing the Consular Regulations of 1896 into conformity with statutes of the United States and simplified administrative methods, the following amendments are ordered:

it is hereby ordered that the following described tract of land, set aside for public purposes by Territorial Executive Order No. 363, dated June 26, 1929, as an addition to the Upolu Airplane Landing Field, island of Hawaii, Territory of…

No draft drawn by a Foreign Service officer who has resigned, retired, or for any other cause become separated from the service will be paid.

Yes, I would like to have your united opinion on the matter.

I am transmitting herewith for the consideration of Congress the final report of the Yellowstone National Park Boundary Commission on an inspection of areas involved in the proposed adjustment of the southeast, south, and southwest…