The President's News Conference
10/07/1929
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An accurate record of the efficiency of all officers and employees of the Department of State is kept for this purpose.
Leave of absence is granted, within statutory limitations, at the discretion of the President, acting through the Secretary of State.
It was determined, in view of a report by the Navy that Guam no longer has any military value, that all activities there would be reduced to...
Exhaustive studies are in progress in all different operations of the Navy with a view to increasing savings wherever possible without injur...