Excerpts of the President's News Conference
02/14/1924
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I invite the attention of the Senate to the accompanying report by the Secretary of State on the subject.
I am having rather more trouble in getting out of the White House than I had in getting in.
No other person shall grant, issue, or verify passports.
If some method can be worked out, I should be glad to see it done.