WHEREAS the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics has no further need for a certain tract of 263.70745 acres of such lands, and it appears that the addition of such tract to the said Highway would be in the public interest:

All I am interested in is the doctrine of the Republic of the United States of America.

WHEREAS by the act of June 29, 1940, 54 Stat. 686, certain federally-owned lands lying partly in the District of Columbia and partly in the State of Virginia were placed under the control and administration of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, except such portion thereof as the President might, by Executive order, add to the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, authorized by the act of May 23, 1928, 45 Stat. 721, as amended; and

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said act of June 29, 1940, 54 Stat. 686, the following-described tract of land is hereby added to and made a part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, and shall be administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior:

I am, yes. Very much disturbed about it.

I discussed it as thoroughly and as completely as I could with the Associated Press in New York.

If the Potsdam agreement could be carried out, the situation would be very--[inaudible words]--situation in Japan has been handled because we had control of it.

It is absolutely essential that that $257 billion be whittled down as far as we possibly can, so that there won't be any fluctuation in the price of the bonds and we can keep double the interest on those bonds.

I THANK YOU for your courteous message sent me upon your departure from the United States.

Not now. I don't think there's any possible chance to reduce taxes now, if we are going to maintain the economic stability of this country.

When that bill comes to me, I will tell you exactly what I think about it.

This order shall become effective July 1, 1947.

I find that by reason of the foregoing an extraordinary emergency exists.

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress supplemental estimates of appropriation for the fiscal year 1947 for the Civil Service Commission in the amount of $16,160,000, and for the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, in the amount of $8,740,000, in all $24,900,000.

The details of these estimates, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for their submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, in whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

I hereby suspend for a period of six months, effective immediately, the above-mentioned provisions of law prohibiting more than eight hours of labor in any one day by laborers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States.

The United States Maritime Commission is hereby authorized and directed to dispose of any of the above-mentioned vessels which are not longer needed by the United States,

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of June 6, 1941, 55 Stat. 242, it is hereby ordered as follows: