I have been greatly impressed by the constructive work of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation.

It is of real national importance.

That is the sane, simple and sensible plan of the Commission.

I trust it will have the widest support.

The solution of all conflict is that men and women of good-will shall search and find the areas where we can cooperate, and thus minimize differences.

On the revenue side the Treasury sees no occasion to make any substantial revision of its estimates.

To this I add the expression to Your Majesty and to the Royal Family of my own deep sympathy in your bereavement.

The figures submitted in the Budget message estimated income tax revenue in the fiscal year 1930 at $2,480 million without taking into account the tax reduction subsequently provided for.

The situation clearly calls for most rigid economy and deferment of even otherwise justifiable expenditures by both the legislative and executive departments.

Generally speaking, March income tax collections indicate that the collections from individual taxpayers, excluding the tax reduction factor, will be somewhat less than collections during the calendar year 1929, but will be substantially…

It is impossible at this early date to estimate with accuracy the situation in the next fiscal year (that ending June 30, 1931).

Mr. President, I am happy indeed to converse with you in person today, to recall the inspiring cordial reception of a year ago and to inaugurate thereby this important additional means of communication between our respective countries.

The history of modern communication bears recorded page on page the participation of Uruguay in the adoption of each of its improvements.

These increasingly numerous ties, created through the cooperation of scientific endeavor and commercial necessities, form the material part of the strong bond, the other part of which is intellectual and spiritual fraternity, that…

It is a source of especial gratification to me to participate today in the ceremonies attendant upon the inauguration of direct radiotelephonic communication between Chile and the United States of America.

The Executive order dated March 5, 1930, abolishing New Bern and Manteo, North Carolina, as customs ports of entry in Customs Collection District No. 15 (North Carolina) with headquarters at Wilmington, North Carolina, is hereby suspended…

A brief span of 40 years serves to encompass the extraordinary history of modern means of communication between our respective countries.

It is truly a matter of satisfaction and pleasure to me that this new means of communication between Uruguay and the United States of America is being inaugurated today.