But the increased values have been the result of the efforts of our citizens in building this Nation.

The welfare of the veterans as a class is inseparable from that of the country.

This case would I feel, create a dangerous precedent which could conceivably involve the Government in very large liabilities.

This case raises a very wide issue of whether we are to undertake revision of treaties entered into in the acquiring of Indian lands during the past 150 years.

This act undertakes, by indirection, to revive the claims of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for compensation for parts of the so-called 'Leased District.'

The disabled veterans by their service to our country have earned its undying gratitude and I gladly share in the honors you are paying them.

The result of the bill would seem to be, through a report to Congress from the Court of Claims, to create a lawful aspect to a claim which has no present legal standing.

The country should not be called upon, however, either directly or indirectly, to support or make loans to those who can by their own efforts support themselves.

I have supported, and the nation should maintain, the important principle that when men have been called into jeopardy of their very lives in protection of the nation, then the nation as a whole incurs a special obligation beyond that to…

It is the purpose of the United States Government to do justice by the Indians and assist them to citizenship and participation in the benefits of our civilization.

By far the largest part of the huge sum proposed in this bill is to be available to those who are not in distress.