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No effort has been made to work out some form of compromise which would be less unjust to the Philippine people.

This action was of course directly contrary to the intent of the provision in the Independence Act cited above.

I have found that the prohibition of the sale of arms and munitions of war in the United States to those countries now engaged in armed conflict in the Chaco may contribute to the reestablishment of peace between those countries.

It is, of course, wholly clear that the intent of the Congress by this provision was to exempt from import duty 448,000,000 pounds of coconut oil from the Philippines.

I am signing an order today which carries these principles into effect as to some of the so-called service industries.

No industry would give up the gains we have made in the elimination of child labor and in the establishment of minimum wages and maximum hours of labor.

The Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to make available to the Central Statistical Board, out of funds heretofore allocated to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

I would like to have it very much.

There are methods of settlement.

I look for a great many strikes in the course of this summer.

It would be very helpful.

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 5082, dated March 22, 1929, withdrawing public lands in Oregon for classification and in aid of proposed legislation, be, and it is hereby, modified

It is further ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (ch. 471, 46 Stat. 580), that, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, the public lands in said townships shall be opened only to…

That kind of autocratic attitude on the part of a steel company official does not make for working things out.

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497), it is ordered that Executive Orders Nos. 5789 and 5792, dated…

It is a normal and logical thing.

I hereby approve said Code of Fair Competition for the Feed Manufacturing Industry.

I am frankly fearful that if the law is not strengthened, illegal production will continue and grow in volume and result in a collapse of the whole structure.

It is ordered that the following-described public land in California be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for use for lookout station purposes

It is a simple fact that as a result of the work of the Oil Administrator definite progress has been made both in eliminating unfair practices and in raising the price of crude petroleum to a reasonable level.

I hope therefore that the proposed legislation can be enacted.

The Executive Authority should be authorized and directed to make the purchases of silver necessary to attain this ultimate objective.

I recommend legislation at the present session, declaring it to be the policy of the United States to increase the amount of silver in our monetary stocks with the ultimate objective of having and maintaining one-fourth of their monetary…

There should be a tax of at least 50 percent on the profits accruing from dealing in silver.

Cardinal Gibbons during his long life ever extended the gift of freedom, which he himself so highly appreciated, unto all of his fellow citizens, no matter what their religious faith might be.