Herbert Hoover: “The need for more systematic information has been generally endorsed by business and labor organizations for some years.”

I do so with the deepest regret because of the distinguished service you have rendered and the fine place you have been able to make for yourself in the Diplomatic Service.

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.

One never makes a statement like that.

I earnestly hope that this may be done.