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That will be ready after I have had a conference.

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph Eight, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is ordered that paragraph 1, Subdivision VI, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules…

It is ordered that paragraph 9, Subdivision III, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules, excepting one position of tobacco examiner in the Customs Service at the port of Chicago from the competitive classified service, be, and it is hereby…

A new economy must be developed which is based on the conservation and effective utilization of all the water available.

Whatever program is adopted must be cooperative and will require complementary lines of action by the Federal Government, State Governments and all the citizens of the Region individually.

The problem is one that can be solved, but the solution will take time.

The problem is one of arresting the decline of an agricultural economy not adapted to the climatic conditions because of lack of information and understanding at the time of settlement.

The ideals of Scouting are not simply ideals for boys. They are ideals for men.

Our Jamboree ... will afford a practical demonstration of the principle of self-reliance which scout work is developing in all of you.

I believe that this Jamboree is going to be a great success because I believe in the effectiveness of trained boyhood.

All lands of the United States in the State of Vermont within the areas hereinafter described, are hereby included in and reserved as a part of the Green Mountain National Forest

By virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, I do hereby create a board to be composed of those persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any…

Once a Boy Scout, always a Boy Scout.

A nationwide program under federal leadership and with the assistance of states, counties, communities and individuals is the only solution.

We can no longer postpone action.

The American dream of the family-size farm, owned by the family which operates it, has become more and more remote.

It should be a source of pride to Jewish citizens of the United States that they, too, have had a share in this great work of revival and restoration.

The American people, ever zealous in the cause of human freedom, have watched with sympathetic interest the effort of the Jews to renew in Palestine the ties of their ancient homeland.

Action to provide security is imperative, and will be generally approved.

The agricultural ladder, on which an energetic young man might ascend from hired man to tenant to independent owner, is no longer serving its purpose.

It is an intolerable situation and we should make shift to amend it.

It is obvious, therefore, from both reason and experience, that some provision must be adopted, which will operate automatically to supplement the work of older judges and accelerate the work of the court.

We have witnessed the spectacle of conflicting decisions in both trial and appellate courts on the constitutionality of every form of important legislation.

Delay in any court results in injustice.

It must be borne in mind that the expense of maintaining the judicial system constitutes hardly three-tenths of one percent of the cost of maintaining the federal establishment.