Herbert Hoover: “As the custodian of the national forests, national parks, and other public lands the Federal Government is responsible…”

You have always been a public spirited citizen, working for the best interests of your state and of the nation and I know that whether in diplomatic work or at home, you will continue to render valuable service.

Any study of many of these public works provisions will indicate plainly their pork-barrel characteristics.

The armaments of the world have grown up in general mutual relation to each other.

I am glad to see the adoption by the Senate and House of the principle of generous relief to unemployment.