It will strain the digestion not only of myself and those who accompany me, but also of the many who extend hospitality along the way; and it will very considerably reduce the appropriation of $25,000 made by Congress for the traveling expenses of the President.
Robert Taft
The Public Record
I have attempted to keep within the speed limit and before a broad-minded judge I could establish this by satisfactory evidence.
The personal touch between the people and the man to whom they temporarily delegate power of course conduces to a better understanding between them.
I congratulate Boston on a union in one organization of all of her business men, for it insures a concentration of influence that must make for good.
Well, it certainly is not going to be a pleasure trip, although I shall enjoy it.
As Boston is the commercial center of New England, your association really speaks for New England, a part of the country whose importance can be measured by the emphasis with which sectional writers and speakers sometimes attack it.
It is no mere exaggeration of speech or flattery, therefore, for me to point out that this Chamber of Commerce, by the ideals which it may maintain in the matter of business integrity and scrupulous business methods and in maintenance of law in the conduct of corporations, has great power and corresponding responsibility.
I am very grateful for the hospitable reception which I have had on the North shore of Massachusetts.
The great responsibility of Cabinet positions demands the selection therefor of men of the highest character and integrity.
In my judgment, he is the best friend of the policy of conservation of natural resources who insists that every step taken in that direction should be within the law and buttressed by legal authority.





