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 have appointed Major General Patrick, retired, a member of the District [of Columbia] Public Utilities Commission.

I have no plans for the summer, and shall make none until the situation becomes somewhat clearer.

Mrs. Marie Crossette may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Commerce without regard to the civil-service rules.

Mrs. Juliette V. Harring may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Commerce without regard to the civil service rules.

Any order of payment of money, and interest, which may be executed by said officials shall constitute a ratification of all previous orders or acts, by virtue of which the funds in the possession of the Treasurer of the United States have…

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…

By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by 'An Act to define, regulate and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes', known as the 'Trading with the Enemy Act', approved October 6, 1917, and amendments thereto, I…

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

I have no speaking engagements in the near future except the usual Memorial Day exercises at Arlington.

I propose to promulgate the tariff increases which were recently recommended by the majority of the Tariff Commission on linseed, milk, cream, and window glass.

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

Expeditious, regular settlement of business controversies within industry itself, by its own experts, is fundamental, but machinery is needed to make it effective.

The American Arbitration Association provides a practical mechanism through which the method can be applied.

I hereby revoke all former orders in conflict herewith.

Paragraph (d) of Regulation VIII is relettered (c), and appears above.

Our citizens will never rest content until the poorest children in our cities, the loneliest mothers on our most isolated farms, have the comfort and protection of such institutions.

The growth of public hospitals in this country is one of the finest manifestations of the equality of opportunity that is the foremost aspiration of the American people.