Calvin Coolidge: “Well, you can't have a ball in the White House.”

Nothing special took place at the Cabinet this morning.

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

Mr. James W. Girard may be reinstated as Logging Engineer, $3800 per annum, in the Forest Service, without regard to the time limit on eligibility for reinstatement fixed by the rules.

Mrs. Jeannette J. Donahue, widow of Mr. Peter A. Donahue who died April 13, 1928, after many years of service in the Immigration Service, may be reinstated to an appropriate position in the Department of Labor without regard to the time…