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Deeply we appreciate that the distress or difficulty of any one part of the Union adversely affects each and every other part.

Dr. Winfred Overholser may be appointed Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital, Department of the Interior, without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.

We must not deny that the effects of the so-called 'era of reconstruction made themselves felt in many evil ways for half a century.

I like to think that it was the will of God that we remain one people.

I do hereby exempt Lee C. Corbett from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until February 1, 1938.

I know only what I have read in the newspapers.

Until such time as he returns, there is no further comment to be made.

Merchant vessels owned by the Government of the United States will not hereafter, until further notice, be permitted to transport to China or Japan any of the arms, ammunition, or implements of war.

That is always under consideration and has been for weeks.

That is an 'if' question.

No, don't write yourself out on a limb.

The limits of the customs port of entry of Chester, Pennsylvania, are hereby extended.

It is ordered that the following-described public lands of the United States be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for public use

I do by this proclamation designate Sunday, September 26, 1937, as Gold Star Mother's Day.

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 404), it is ordered that paragraph 6 of Subdivision IX of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules…

The wage earners of America do not ask for more. They will not be satisfied with less.

I have no reason to disagree.

The Bill in this respect gives only one ray of hope.

On Friday, September 17, 1937, the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States, the several executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies in the District of…

When carrying passengers or cargo

Nebraska, Alaska, be, and it is hereby, abolished as a customs port of entry.

It is ordered that the following-described lands in New Mexico, embraced in color of title application Santa Fe 058183, be, and they are hereby, excluded from the Carson National Forest

I am strongly of the opinion that flood control in these Basins is of sufficient importance to the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut to warrant the calling of a special session of their legislatures to approve…

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, do hereby…

It is ordered that during the fiscal year 1938 the grades and ratings of the enlisted men of the Regular Army shall be as set forth herein.