Calvin Coolidge: “I believe that the Federal Government to-day is the best-conducted big business in the world.”

All competitors rated at 70 or more shall be eligible for appointment, and their names shall be placed on the proper register, according to their ratings.

Miss Virginia Ladd may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position in the classified service without regard to the provisions of the civil service rules.

No employee entitled to military preference in appointment shall be discharged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary if his record is good.

Nothing special took place at the Cabinet this morning.