Excerpts of the President's News Conference
02/09/1925
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In fact it is his opinion that to give commissions to band leaders, thus requiring them to exercise administrative and disciplinary control ...
It breaches the fundamental principles of our Government to compensate service, not rank.
The significance of this occasion, however, lies not in the number of days but in the importance of purpose and the magnitude of accomplishm...
Next after his duty to his Maker, Samuel Phillips placed his duty to his country.