No nation can for long survive the failure of its citizens to respect and obey the laws which they themselves make.

Mrs. Willebrandt has sent her resignation to me an hour ago, and I am making an appropriate reply, and we will give you copies of the two letters.

I am pleased to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's courteous message upon the auspicious occasion of the settlement of the Tacna Arica question and to assure Your Excellency that it is sincerely appreciated by myself and by the…

I wish to express my appreciation of the organized support you are giving to the enforcement of law and the interest you are taking in improvement of the judiciary.

The effect of other suggestions is that the Government should purchase flowage rights over lands along stretches of the river where there is to be no additional waterflow out of the main channel.

Before the merits or demerits of the subject can be gone into I must first determine the legal questions involved as to whether or not the plan and method have not already been conclusively determined by the Flood Control Act and the…

Schedule A, Subdivision I, paragraph 6, of the Civil Service Rules, is hereby amended by striking out $480 and inserting $540 in lieu thereof.

I have just learned that on May 29th you will celebrate your one hundredth birthday.

I also want you to know of my appreciation of your interest in my campaign last Fall.

I would like to have you get it accurately.

The Commission will determine that. I cannot forecast how they will do their work.

This refuge shall be known as the Fort Keogh Bird Refuge.

I think that is all I have got on my mind.

The Tacna-Arica dispute has been settled.

Horace Paul Bestor, who has been duly appointed a member of the Federal Farm Loan Board, is hereby designated Farm Loan Commissioner of said Board until otherwise directed.

I hereby vest in the Alien Property Custodian, and in the event of his death, resignation, absence or disability, in the General Counsel, and in the event of his death, resignation, absence or disability during his period of authority…

There is, therefore, no reason for determining further steps until that examination is further advanced.

Arbitration of commercial disputes in place of avoidable litigation increases business efficiency by promoting good will and mutual confidence.