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That part of Bolling Field transferred to the control and jurisdiction of the Navy Department shall be vacated by the Army as soon as practicable.

I respect the aristocracy of learning; I deplore the plutocracy of wealth; but thank God for the democracy of the heart.

My anchor is democracy—and more democracy.

Under democratic government the poorest are no longer necessarily the most ignorant part of society.

Majority rule must be preserved as the safeguard of both liberty and civilization.

I do hereby exempt Robert C. Merritt from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until September 1, 1938.

[u]pon employees in the Federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people, whose interests and welfare require orderliness and continuity in the conduct of Government activities.

President Roosevelt called such action 'unthinkable and intolerable.'

A strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied.

All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.

It is, therefore, with a feeling of gratification that I have noted in the constitution of the National Federation of Federal Employees the provision that 'under no circumstances shall this Federation engage in or support strikes against…

Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of Government employees.

Organizations of Government employees have a logical place in Government affairs.

The amendment proposes to limit by law the quantity of sugar that may be refined in various geographical parts of the United States.

Agricultural legislation, so desired by our farmers, should not be further delayed by the insertion in an otherwise acceptable agricultural bill of manufacturing restrictions.

I am delighted to note that the committee recognizes that our territories and island possessions are integral parts of the United States and cannot be discriminated against.

The provisions of the said Act are hereby extended to apply to all federal employees on the Isthmus of Panama

Executive Order No. 6192 of July 3, 1933, withdrawing public lands in California pending resurvey, is hereby revoked.

Executive Order No. 6288 of September 14, 1933, withdrawing public lands in Wyoming pending resurvey, and heretofore partially revoked, is hereby revoked as to the remainder of the lands involved.

This does not mean, however, that the objective of this Joint Resolution cannot be attained without the need of any legislation whatsoever.

I find it impossible to subscribe, therefore, to the proposal that has been embodied in this Joint Resolution.

I propose to present to the Congress in January a comprehensive national plan for flood control and prevention and the development of water and soil conservation.

Though the seas divide us, the people of France and the people of the United States find union today in common devotion to the ideal which the memorial at Montfaucon symbolizes.

I pray God no hazard of the future may ever dissipate or destroy that common ideal.

Our historic friendship finds apt expression in the quotation from a letter which Washington wrote to Rochambeau.