Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to such lands by settlement in advance of entry, or otherwise except strictly in accordance herewith.

I DEEPLY appreciate this greeting.

The days we are now passing through are times of stress and times that require the unremitting service of the men whom you have elected to high office.

You have shown a cordiality and a welcome that sounds like Illinois itself.

Never before has so great a group of people gathered together in his memory.

We have been today engaged in celebrating a matter that is of deep interest to our whole country.

You can have no appreciation of the encouragement that you give to me by your presence here at the station to greet me and by the cordiality of your welcome.

We have today taken part in a remarkable gathering in Springfield to do honor to the name of Abraham Lincoln.

I do thank you for your greeting.

I AM DEEPLY grateful for the cordial reception and the generous welcome which you have extended to Mrs. Hoover and myself.

It is a greeting with a warmth of welcome that is an encouragement to anyone in public life.