The economic importance of the accomplishment can best be measured in terms of the situation developed at the Geneva Conference.

The most vital feature of its great accomplishments for peace is the final abolition of competition in naval arms between the greatest naval powers

I am greatly pleased with the final success of the Naval Arms Conference in London and I have today telegraphed the delegation expressing my approval of the result achieved and my admiration for their patience and determination in an…

Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, upon the transfer of the consulate at Loanda, Angola, to Leopoldville.

Dr. Welch has happily combined in his character and intellect the love of truth and the patient experimental habit of the pure scientist, with the ingenuity of the inventor and the organizing vision and energy of the promoter of sound…

Emotion is permissible only in contemplation of their service to humanity.

I have a high appreciation of the contribution of the other professions but the engineers, I insist, have a contribution to make to public service and they have an obligation to give that contribution.

I feel especially honored that the association should, through the beneficence of Mr. Lauer, have established a new distinction among engineers, and should have designated me as its first recipient.

Our age is marked by two tendencies, the democratic and the scientific.

I am glad to join with my fellow members in this celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Dr. Welch is our greatest statesman in the field of public health, and his public service to the Nation well warrants our appreciation of him.

I am not advocating that all public services be turned over to engineers.

THE MANY YEARS that I have been honored with Dr. Welch's friendship make it a privilege to join in this day of tribute to him by his friends and by the great scientific societies of our country.

returns may be open to inspection by officers and employees of the Department of Commerce, for statistical purposes

And the engineers have something to contribute to public service.

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended, by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that the following described tracts of public lands in California be, and they are…

The limits of the port of Niagara Falls, N.Y., are hereby extended to include, in addition to Niagara Falls, Lewiston, N.Y., in Customs Collection District No. 9 (Buffalo) with headquarters at Buffalo, N.Y., effective thirty days from the…

These islands and rocks are hereby added to and made part of the Aleutian Islands Reservation, Alaska, and shall be subject to all provisions of law, regulations, and orders governing said reservation.