When I initiated this negotiation it was after a critical examination of the experience before and after the Geneva Conference and a determination that the causes of that failure could be met with adequate preparation and preliminary…

The economic importance of the accomplishment can best be measured in terms of the situation developed at the Geneva Conference.

There are no political undertakings of any kind in the present treaty, except an agreement for the regulation of the conduct of submarines against merchant ships in time of war.

There are no political undertakings of any kind in the present treaty except an agreement for the regulation of the conduct of submarines against merchant ships in time of war.

The French and Italian Governments have shown the utmost good will in this Conference in an endeavor in the interest of world peace

The savings are not alone to the United States but to Great Britain and Japan as well.

When I undertook this negotiation it was after a critical examination of the experience before and during and after the Geneva Conference

Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, upon the transfer of the consulate at Loanda, Angola, to Leopoldville.

I have a high appreciation of the contribution of the other professions but the engineers, I insist, have a contribution to make to public service and they have an obligation to give that contribution.

I am glad to join with my fellow members in this celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Our age is marked by two tendencies, the democratic and the scientific.

I am not advocating that all public services be turned over to engineers.

Dr. Welch has happily combined in his character and intellect the love of truth and the patient experimental habit of the pure scientist, with the ingenuity of the inventor and the organizing vision and energy of the promoter of sound…

Emotion is permissible only in contemplation of their service to humanity.

Dr. Welch is our greatest statesman in the field of public health, and his public service to the Nation well warrants our appreciation of him.

I feel especially honored that the association should, through the beneficence of Mr. Lauer, have established a new distinction among engineers, and should have designated me as its first recipient.

THE MANY YEARS that I have been honored with Dr. Welch's friendship make it a privilege to join in this day of tribute to him by his friends and by the great scientific societies of our country.

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