My suggestion for the past 5 years has been that the responsibility should be lodged with the Executive with the right of Congress to review the actions taken.

I hope it will be done with such expedition as to give prompt relief to the taxpayers.

I am delighted that the Congress is earnestly taking up the reorganization of the Federal machinery.

Miss Ann Halloran may be appointed to the position of stenographer in the Veterans' Administration without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.

That flag 'still floats from the top of the Capitol.'

We need no attempt at canonization of George Washington.

It is an occasion for looking back to our past, for taking stock of our present and, in the light of both, setting the compass for our future.

It is the memory and the spirit of the greatest man of our race which pervades these grounds.

To you more than anyone else we entrust the translation of Washington to our children.

I am deeply interested in all proposals to honor the memory of our first President during this bicentennial year.

The ceremonial of commemorating the founder of our country is one of the most solemn that either an individual or a nation ever performs.