Mrs. Edna May may be appointed as an Operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without compliance with the requirements of the civil service rules.

In this forward march of the human spirit, poets lead the way with their visions of the ideal, and therefore you do well, in your memorial to Robert Burns, to stress his aspiration toward the time when 'Man to Man, the world o'er, shall…

Nevertheless, all men of good-will must press steadily toward that goal if civilization is to survive.

Mrs. Ida A. Coffey may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Commerce without reference to the provisions of the civil service rules.

The road to world peace is through a maze of all the tangled complexities of human nature, and may be traversed only by dealing with them in a practical spirit and with much patience.

That matter is in the hands of the Secretary of War, so you will have to ask him.

I am able to announce the acceptance of three men on the Farm Board.

We will not as I want to wait until the new Director of the Budget comes on the job to learn something of his duties.

I have one question that I can't very well answer without making trouble for other people.

I THANK YOU for your message and deeply appreciate the expressions of encouragement and support adopted by the Virginia Republican Convention.

I signed this morning the Colorado River proclamation, making effective the compact between six of the seven States in the Colorado River Basin.

I am in hopes that Arizona and California may compose their mutual problems which have hitherto prevented Arizona from joining in the compact.