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

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.

They are coming into the conference.

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…

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

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

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

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.