Herbert Hoover: “This refuge shall be known as the Bird Island Wild Life Refuge.”

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

There is another phase of the bill as passed which is disheartening.

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.