The right of any woman to become a naturalized citizen of the United States shall not be denied or abridged because of her sex or because she is a married woman.

HERBERT HOOVER The White House, August 4, 1930.

I do indeed appreciate this heartening message of approval and support.

The expansion and betterment of homes in its bearing upon comfort, increasing standards of living, and economic and social stability, is of outstanding importance.

The Conference will deal with the whole broad question of home construction and home ownership.

One of the important questions is finance.

After wide consultation with interested leaders, I have decided to undertake the organization of an adequate investigation and study on a nationwide scale of the problems presented in home ownership and home building, with the view to the…

Thank you very much for your more than kind letter of June 13th, with its interesting enclosures.

The present depression has given emphasis to the fact that the credit system in home building is not as soundly organized as other branches of credit.

Now, Therefore, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of Congress approved April 30, 1900 (31 Stat. 141), entitled 'An act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,' as amended by section 7 of the act…

The inclusion of a determination of the amount of unemployment in the Census taken April 1st gives us for the first time an accurate base on which to formulate plans and a knowledge of the whole problem which we have never hitherto…

I shall appoint other committees.