Herbert Hoover: “The posture of business here makes it extremely unlikely that I shall be able to leave Washington on that day.”

I propose that the treaty number and tonnage of battleships shall be reduced by one-third.

It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a national-forest status which have hitherto not had such status, nor to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status.

It was unfortunate also that the provision for agricultural relief through the Reconstruction Corporation was omitted.

I earnestly hope that this may be done.