Calvin Coolidge: “Cooperation with other maritime powers is necessary for complete protection of our coast waters from pollution.”

I am having rather more trouble in getting out of the White House than I had in getting in.

This order is recommended by the Treasury Department and the Civil Service Commission.

It is hereby ordered...that the above-described lands, subject to valid rights, shall be opened to entry only under the homestead or desert land laws by qualified ex-service men of the War with Germany, under the terms and conditions of…

So far as the Commission may deem practicable, such appointments shall be made from the registers of eligibles.