Calvin Coolidge: “The fundamental laws of justice are universal in their application.”

It has been a pleasure to have you come in twice a week and give me an opportunity to answer such queries as you wished to propound.

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. Samuel H. Thompson may be appointed to an appropriate position in or under the Indian Bureau without reference to the civil service rules.

Mrs. James E. Golladay, widow of Mr. Golladay, who served in the Interior Department for twenty-eight years preceding his death, may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position without reference to the civil service rules.