This order is issued on the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce, and with the restriction that it does not confer upon Mrs. Marsh any status for subsequent employment in the classified service.

The main point I wish to make is that it does not mean any increase in appropriations or expenditures in the next fiscal year.

This order shall be effective only during the employment of Lieutenant Jett and Messrs. Ring and Cogley under the Federal Radio Commission and shall automatically end with the termination of their service with that commission.

I AM GLAD to learn that you and Mrs. Markham are celebrating your seventy-eighth birthday together today, and I hope that through many more years you may enjoy the happiness which you have so freely given to others.

The Executive order of February 3, 1927, is amended and the following is promulgated for the information and guidance of all concerned, effective immediately.

Concerted effort will be made to place contracts for the building contemplated for this year as rapidly as possible.

These expenditures have been rendered necessary to finally overcome the long delays in provision of quarters for Federal activities during recovery from the war, and are imperative for the more economical carrying on of the Federal…

Under the authority of sections 177 and 179 of the Revised Statutes, the Assistant Secretary of War appointed under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1926, is hereby authorized and directed, pending further orders, to perform the duties…

This order is issued with the restriction that it shall not confer upon Mrs. Roy any status for subsequent employment in the classified service.

My other piece of news is the appointment of Mr. Frederick Huff Payne of Massachusetts as Assistant Secretary of War.

This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Federal Trade Commission, and with the restriction that it does not confer upon Miss Coons any status for subsequent employment in the classified service.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1931, for public building projects authorized by the Act of May 25, 1926…

Miss Mary Edwina Coons may be employed for one year in the classified service under the Federal Trade Commission, without regard to the civil service rules.

We have determined to send up the Naval Arms Treaty immediately upon its receipt here in Washington.

But it is my duty to introduce a product of the pioneer woman of Oklahoma who has risen high in the councils of the Nation--and high in the esteem of the whole country--the Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley.

It was their insistence which made the schools and the churches.

Her rating, however, has not been reached for certification for permanent appointment from the District of Columbia.

Mrs. Thelma D. Roy may be employed for one year in the classified service of the Treasury Department without regard to the requirements of the civil service rules.