The port limits of Boston, Massachusetts, the headquarters port of Customs Collection District No. 4 (Massachusetts) are hereby extended to include Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham, and the waters adjacent thereto, effective thirty days…

I regret to see that some of our farm organizations are again divided on measures of relief.

A definite plan of farm relief was adopted by the Republican Convention at Kansas City.

I can deplore that divisions in the ranks of the farmers themselves only encourage those who oppose all farm relief, and can at best only bring delay and danger of entire failure.

It was supported by all elements of the party in the campaign, and I think we have a clear mandate from the electorate.

I am glad to give my hearty endorsement to this worthy enterprise.

The annual 'Buddy Poppy' campaign, under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is a fitting symbol of the sacrifice of those who died in the service of our Country, and should remind us of the obligations and…

The fact that the manufacture of these poppies gives employment to disabled ex-service men, in the hospitals and elsewhere, adds to the worthiness of the cause.

Mr. MacCracken probably will retire in a couple of months, and there has been no consideration of his successor yet.

The formula upon which the commission must now act often requires that years be consumed in reaching conclusions where it should require only months.

I have called this special session of Congress to redeem two pledges given in the last election--farm relief and limited changes in the tariff.

I cordially approve the plan to pay tribute to Professor Albert Einstein on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his birthday.