01/02/1919
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"I am convinced that the Congress is without constitutional powers to limit the appointing power and its incident, the power of removal derived from the Constitution."
"I am returning without my signature H. R. 9783, 'An Act to provide a national budget system, an independent audit of Government accounts, and for other purposes.'"
"I can find in the Constitution no warrant for the exercise of this power by the Congress."
"I shall hold myself in readiness to appoint a commission similarly constituted to the one I recently appointed in connection with the bituminous coal mining industry as soon as I learn that both sides..."