The request is made that Porto Rico be constituted as a 'free State' and not 'a mere subjected colony.'
The Department of Health and the Department of Education of Porto Rico are combining to make of the Porto Ricans of the future a different t...
The Porto Rican Government at present exercises a greater degree of sovereignty over its own internal affairs than does the Government of an...
I desire to acknowledge the concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Porto Rico committed to Colonel Lindbergh on his visit to San Juan
The people of Porto Rico are citizens of the United States, with all the rights and privileges of other citizens of the United States
The great satisfaction in Porto Rico at the passage of this act is the best evidence of its liberality
It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in Section 5 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 388), that the trust period on the fol...
Goods have been bought here and payment made for them, and our people have bought goods in considerable amounts in Russia.
It is no different than any other commercial transaction, so far as I know.
I suppose this shipment of gold is for that purpose.
Trading has been going on constantly between Russia and the United States.
I assume that is for the purpose of making payment on goods that have been purchased here.
It would not indicate anything new in the relationship, simply a continuation of what has been going on for a number of years.
I haven't very much information about the shipping of Russian gold to the United States.
That makes necessary setting up some method for payment.
It doubled the appropriation that I proposed for the Shipping Board and I think added $6,000,000 or $8,000,000 to the Army bill, and it is t...
There is always danger that the Congress will be too liberal in the matter of appropriations.
Of course, according to my best judgment, there should be added to the sums I have already mentioned $65,000,000 that has been put into the ...