I believe the enforcement of the law must be built up step by step in the spirit of the men who have the problem in their hands; that it must be built up in the spirit of the people.

The Federal Government obviously can have just one object in view, and that is to secure an adequate enforcement of the law, whatever it is.

It is hereby ordered that the following described tract of land in the State of Washington adjoining the Columbia National Forest, namely, SE ¼ NE ¼ sec. 24, T. 4 N., R. 4 E., Willamette Meridian, containing 40 acres, be and it is hereby…

I have been very glad to sign the bill authorizing the construction over a term of years of further hospitals for war veterans.

I have none. The house is making the usual preparation of green and things that belong to the season.

One or two turkeys already in.

Well, I have a complete blank on this occasion, and I don't think that we will bother to have a conference on Tuesday.

You will want to go away for Christmas, and I will be too lazy, so I wish to take this occasion to wish you a merry Christmas, and will have a chance to wish you a happy new year later on.

I don't expect to go away and there is nothing special happening.

The survey will be a strictly scientific research, carried out by trained technicians, and will require about 2 or 3 years to complete.

It is believed that it will produce a body of systematic fact about social problems, hitherto inaccessible, that will be of fundamental and permanent value to all students and workers in the field of social science.

So that I am afraid I can't help you out this morning.