Herbert Hoover

I have recently had opportunity to confer with the chairmen of the Senate and House committees covering public land and irrigation, and they have expressed their warm approval of the creation of this Commission and have undertaken to…

The members of the Naval Conference--the American delegation--have not been chosen, except so far as Secretary Stimson will be the head of the American delegation.

IN COOPERATION with Secretary Wilbur, I have now made a start at the selection of this Commission.

I do not believe that the names of the whole of the delegation will be ready for announcement for another week or 10 days.

I have made a little headway with the appointment of a Commission on the Conservation and Administration of Public Domain.

I and those who were associated with me in the American gift of the library to the University of Louvain wish to emphatically disclaim any approval of the action of Mr. Whitney Warren in insisting upon an objectionable and offensive…

I recently put forward some tentative proposals for consideration at the Governors' conference in Salt Lake City and a survey of public opinion and the views of responsible officials show that while three States seem generally opposed to…

The purpose of the Commission is to study the whole question of the public domain particularly the unreserved lands.

They are coming into the conference.

No, they will be in an advisory capacity on the delegation.

No, they will not be on the delegation but will be the heads of the Naval Advisory Committee.

Mrs. Josephine Jackley may be appointed a clerk in the Treasury Department without compliance with the civil service rules.

Mrs. Hoover also joins me in thanking you and we both send you our best wishes for a pleasant visit in Canada and a good voyage home.

I THANK YOU for your kind message sent as you crossed the frontier from the United States to Canada.

The peoples of Great Britain and the United States have been brought even closer together by your visit.

We were all grateful for the opportunity of manifesting our sincere appreciation of the spirit in which you came to us.

YOU AND your board and associates as well as the Johns Hopkins University are to be congratulated on the dedication of the Wilmer Institute of Ophthalmology.

The enlarged opportunities for the alleviation of human suffering that you and your staff will now utilize are due I understand to the indefatigable effort of Mrs. Henry Breckenridge.

I ask you to transmit to her my greetings on this memorable occasion.

I CAN NOT too deeply express my appreciation of Your Majesty's kind message and do assure you it was a pleasure to me and my fellow officials to meet the officers of the Japanese training squadron.

It is hereby ordered that the public lands in T. 19 S., R. 56 E., M.D.M., Nevada, be and the same are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry and all forms of appropriation, pending a resurvey of said township under the act…

Permit me to express my congratulations on the splendid showing made by the Japanese midshipmen when reviewed by me.

I wish to express my gratification that the hopes and plans for regular communication by air between North and South America have been consummated.

I extend my hearty greetings and my best wishes for the continued success of your administration as well as for your own health and happiness.

I am sure the north-bound airmail service which you have authorized in connection with our south-bound service will be the means of developing even more cordial relations between the people of our respective countries.