There remains the irreducible requirement for a volume of new public construction.

Subject to all valid existing rights, there is hereby reserved for the use of the Alaska Road Commission, in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the Palmer-Richardson Highway, a right-of-way 200 feet wide.

The Secretary of the Navy shall be primarily responsible for, and shall take such steps, institute such measures, and issue such regulations and orders as shall be necessary for, the safeguarding against destruction, loss or injury from sabotage or other subversive acts, accident, or other causes of a similar nature, of vessels, harbors, ports, and waterfront facilities in the United States and in Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

No department shall erect a new station in the proximity of an existing government station, unless the same is incapable of rendering to such department the service that it requires.

I hereby establish the following Executive order for the Canal Zone to become effective March 1, 1932, regulating the size, weight, tire sizes, and speeds of trucks or other heavy vehicles or equipment using the public highways of the Canal Zone

I SHALL BE OBLIGED if you will present my cordial greetings to the annual convention of the American Road Builders Association.

Road building by the Federal Government and the States and municipalities is a major factor in unemployment relief.

THE FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL BUILDING PROGRAM SINCE THE LAST REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT ON MAY 15

The situation of the railways...is one of the, if not the greatest, economic problems that we have confronting us.

Such questions as electrification, the linking up of different railroads, the development of larger terminals, and many offer major improvements have been retarded because of uncertainty with respect to the position which different roads would occupy in the permanent grouping.

During the past 10 years a possible grouping of the roads so as to carry out the law has been under constant discussion.

About ten million become necessary due to the change of wording of the emergency relief bill in respect to highways.

That enables a number of States which have exhausted their 50 percent contribution to Federal aid roads to let contracts immediately and expand construction in that direction.

We can save a very large amount on construction cost.

And I may perhaps be pardoned for an especial pride on this occasion, having served for 7 years in the Department, and having had some part in the design and initiation of this building.

It represents the most important structure in the new program for better accommodation of our Government and the beautification of our National Capital.

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

Air transport means much to the United States, divided as it is in the West by lofty mountain ranges and deserts.