I have no speaking engagements in the near future except the usual Memorial Day exercises at Arlington.

Arbitration of commercial disputes in place of avoidable litigation increases business efficiency by promoting good will and mutual confidence.

Expeditious, regular settlement of business controversies within industry itself, by its own experts, is fundamental, but machinery is needed to make it effective.

There is, therefore, no reason for determining further steps until that examination is further advanced.

The American Arbitration Association provides a practical mechanism through which the method can be applied.

I propose to promulgate the tariff increases which were recently recommended by the majority of the Tariff Commission on linseed, milk, cream, and window glass.

I hereby revoke all former orders in conflict herewith.

By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by 'An Act to define, regulate and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes', known as the 'Trading with the Enemy Act', approved October 6, 1917, and amendments thereto, I…

I have appointed Major General Patrick, retired, a member of the District [of Columbia] Public Utilities Commission.

Mrs. Marie Crossette may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Commerce without regard to the civil-service rules.

Paragraph (d) of Regulation VIII is relettered (c), and appears above.

The growth of public hospitals in this country is one of the finest manifestations of the equality of opportunity that is the foremost aspiration of the American people.