Bill Taft: “In its foreign affairs the United States should present to the world a united front.”

Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the…

It is believed that the following described land, to wit: Lot three of section two, in township twenty-two north, of range twenty-four west, of the Montana Meridian, in the State of Montana, is a natural and prospective center of population

Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.

I can not close this message without inviting the attention of Congress again to the necessity for the erection of a building to contain the public archives.