Calvin Coolidge: “The Federal Government should continue to set a good example for all other employers.”

You have been, I think, quite successful in interpreting the administration to the country.

The names of disabled veterans, their wives, and the widows of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines shall be placed above all others.

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…

Mr. Samuel H. Thompson may be appointed to an appropriate position in or under the Indian Bureau without reference to the civil service rules.