No nation can for long survive the failure of its citizens to respect and obey the laws which they themselves make.

I do pray for the success of your endeavors, for by such success you will have performed one of the greatest services to our generation.

She has shown the utmost devotion and great ability.

Mrs. Willebrandt has sent her resignation to me an hour ago, and I am making an appropriate reply, and we will give you copies of the two letters.

There is absolutely no truth whatever to the stories that have been spread about disagreements between Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. Willebrandt or between myself and Mrs. Willebrandt or anybody in the Government.

Mrs. Willebrandt remained in the administration after March 4, when she wished to go out to the private practice of law, at the request of the Attorney General that she might assist in building up the new steps in contemplation for…

She has made recommendations with regard to arrangements in the Government which have been adopted.

I am pleased to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's courteous message upon the auspicious occasion of the settlement of the Tacna Arica question and to assure Your Excellency that it is sincerely appreciated by myself and by the…

I wish to express my appreciation of the organized support you are giving to the enforcement of law and the interest you are taking in improvement of the judiciary.

Before the merits or demerits of the subject can be gone into I must first determine the legal questions involved as to whether or not the plan and method have not already been conclusively determined by the Flood Control Act and the…

The effect of other suggestions is that the Government should purchase flowage rights over lands along stretches of the river where there is to be no additional waterflow out of the main channel.

Schedule A, Subdivision I, paragraph 6, of the Civil Service Rules, is hereby amended by striking out $480 and inserting $540 in lieu thereof.