"He wanted to know if I could give him any message, and I told him I didn't know of anything other than that he might say I was pleased with the friendly relations that exist between this country and h..."
"I am very glad to be able to report that that is apparently the case."
"I do not know just what budget estimates will be made for beginning work on the additional cruisers or for work that is contemplated on our battleships."
"My general directions to the Bureau of the Budget were to investigate the needs that arise on account of the passage of the legislation, which include a number of things, and to recommend appropriatio..."
"I did not imagine that it would be thought best to lay down all of the eight cruisers during the present fiscal year—which is the one that ends June 30th—but whether or not all of the eight cruisers o..."
"You couldn't get anybody in there, not even the newspapermen."
"But if they are going to have a reception or a ball, I should judge it would be more agreeable to those that want to go to have a ball."
"Well, you can't have a ball in the White House."
"Those who had the picking out of the people that should be invited to a ball in the East Room would have some trouble."
"YOU mean if they have one? I don't think so."
"I expect we shall observe Christmas at the White House about as usual."
"My boy John is coming home from college."