I am happy, Mr. Kellogg, to extend to you, who represented the people of the United States with such untiring devotion and with such a high degree of diplomatic skill in the negotiations of this Treaty, their everlasting gratitude.

Mr. MacDonalds's statement marks a new departure in discussion of naval disarmament.

I congratulate this assembly, the states it represents, and indeed, the entire world upon the coming into force of this additional instrument of humane endeavor to do away with war as an instrument of national policy and to obtain by…

We do not wish, however, to have any misunderstanding of our actions and, therefore, we shall not lay these keels until there has been an opportunity for full consideration of their effect upon the final agreement for parity which we…

The magnificent opportunity and the compelling duty now open to us should spur us on to the fulfillment of every opportunity that is calculated to implement this Treaty and to extend the policy which it so nobly sets forth.

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 3815, issued April 9, 1923, under authority of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847) as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497) temporarily withdrawing the N½ SW¼ and SW¼ SW¼…

We have three cruisers in this year's construction program which have been undertaken in the Government navy yards, the detailed drawings for which are now in course of preparation.

Generally speaking, the British cruiser strength considerably exceeds American strength at the present time and the actual construction of these three cruisers would not be likely in themselves to produce inequality in the final result.

The Prime Minister has stated clearly and unmistakably the principles on which he is acting.

The actual keels would, in the ordinary course, be laid down some time this fall.

We join in his efforts in the same spirit.

Our whole situation is certainly modified by the Kellogg Pact.

The hope of tax reduction lies in large degree in our ability to economize on the military and naval expenditure and still maintain adequate defense.

In the matter of Army outlay, I am in agreement with the Secretary of War to set up within the General Staff a commission of leading Army officers to reconsider our whole Army program, to see what services and other outlays have become…

The American people should understand that current expenditure on strictly military activities of the Army and Navy constitutes the largest military budget of any nation in the world today and at a time when there is less real danger of…

We hope to save materially on naval expenditures by international agreement on naval arms.

BY INVENTING the electric lamp Mr. Edison did vastly more than provide a new lamp.

He removed an untold burden of toil from the backs of men and women for all time.