Infant mortality during the past year was definitely lower than in any preceding year on record.

1931 has been a favorable year.

I send cordial greetings at the advent of the New Year to our diplomatic and consular officers abroad with all good wishes for the satisfactions which your service merits.

The New Year will bring many problems, but if we at home and you abroad maintain our industry, courage, and confidence in the principles and institutions which this country exemplifies, we can do much to promote economic recovery and…

He was highly deserving of the designation voluntarily given to him by his fellow journalists, 'dean' of the corps of Washington correspondents.

Few writers of our day have done more to disseminate truth regarding national affairs, always for the advancement of our country.

Richard V. Oulahan was an outstanding journalist, a good friend and a wise counsellor.

His passing is a personal loss to me.

The government draws upon the personnel of its Foreign Service throughout the world for much in the way of information, negotiation, and tactful relationships.

A sound and stable United States is a contribution to the well-being of the world.

Port Everglades, Fla., is hereby designated a customs port of entry in Customs Collection District No. 18 (Florida) with headquarters at Tampa, Fla., effective January 1, 1932.