Herbert Hoover: “I have already sent to the Senate Mr. Mills' name for Secretary of the Treasury and Mr. Ballantine's for Under…”

I earnestly hope that this may be done.

This reduction should be carried out not only by broad general cuts in armaments but by increasing the comparative power of defense through decreases in the power of the attack.

The Kellogg-Briand Pact, to which we are all signatories, can only mean that the nations of the world have agreed that they will use their arms solely for defense.

The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by diplomatic representatives of the United States