Herbert Hoover: “The ideal solution, of course, would be to excite the press without exciting the country.”

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.

No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

We have no desire for offensive armament.

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