Herbert Hoover: “I WISH again to congratulate you upon a most notable public service.”

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.

These expenditures cannot be recovered; they must be met by the taxpayer now or in the future.

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

Executive Order No. 4610, approved March 10, 1927, as amended by Executive Order No. 4833, March 19, 1928, and by Executive Order No. 5001, November 23, 1928, is revoked effective July 1, 1932.