Nothing would contribute to retard business recovery more than this continued agitation.

This tariff law is like all other tariff legislation, whether framed primarily upon a protective or a revenue basis.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by law the tract of land hereinafter described, to be known as the Cerro Tigre Ordnance Depot, situated in the Canal Zone, is hereby set apart and assigned to the uses and purposes of a military…

Without a workable flexible provision we would require even more frequent congressional tariff revision than during the past.

Certainly no President, with his other duties, can pretend to make that exhaustive determination of the complex facts which surround each of those 3,300 items.

Thereby the means are established for objective and judicial review of these rates upon principles laid down by the Congress, free from pressures inherent in legislative action.

I accordingly recommended an increase in agricultural protection.

Platform promises must not be empty gestures.

No tariff bill has ever been enacted or ever will be enacted under the present system that will be perfect.

I SHALL approve the tariff bill.

The principle of a protective tariff for the benefit of labor, industry, and the farmer is established in the bill by the requirement that the Commission shall adjust the rates so as to cover the differences in cost of production at home…