I intensely regret that your decision is irrevocable and that, in the circumstances, the duty devolves upon me to accept your resignation.

Sir: You are hereby removed from the Office of the United States Attorney, eastern district of New York, effective immediately.

No person who has passed his 65th birthday shall be appointed acting Postmaster in an office of the first, second, and third class unless he is already in the postal service.

I am aware that after ten years of public service you unwillingly undertook this additional two years of service, and I can realize your desire to be relieved.

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34-36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the tracts of land in Alaska, lying within the hereinafter described…

I shall be delighted to act in any capacity that will be a genuine tribute to Mr. Edison's services.

A press conference is a conference that works both ways.

I haven't a single question from the press this morning.

Mrs. Jean N. Edington may be appointed to an appropriate position in the classified service without regard to the requirements of the civil service rules.

That is all that I have--that I am able to give you.

It is regarded by all of the experts as probably the greatest menace that could come into American horticulture, and the proposal of the Government is to spend the money to stamp it out instantly without dilly-dallying with it at all.

Pursuant to authority contained in Sections 5 and 6 of the Act of Congress, approved June 10, 1922, the rates prescribed in said Act are hereby announced as effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, for the rental and subsistence…

We have sent recommendations to Congress to make an emergency appropriation to deal with this particular pest because it is probably the most dangerous thing that has attacked American horticulture.

I feel it would be desirable to make a change in the Commission in the matter of the position held by you and I should be glad to know if this would meet with your convenience.

It is our primary duty to do more than erect offices.

It is on this national stage that the great drama of our political life has been played.

Washington is not only the Nation's Capital, it is the symbol of America.

It is the wish and the demand of the American people that our new buildings shall comport with the dignity of the Capital of America.