Calvin Coolidge: “I suggested to them also the great desirability of a general knowledge on the Island of the English language.”

Nothing special took place at the Cabinet this morning.

I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 4846-A, dated March 30, 1928, to include the assignment of the frequencies of 6120 kilocycles…

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

Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and the subjects therein shall be given such relative weights as the commission may prescribe.