Herbert Hoover: “Your knowledge of Mexican affairs has been invaluable to the Administration.”

I propose that the arms of the world should be reduced by nearly one-third.

While these features in the Wagner and the Garner bills are not in the form and are not as well safeguarded as they should be, they are in line with major objectives I have been advocating.

We have no desire for offensive armament.

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.