Calvin Coolidge

Previous executive orders inconsistent herewith are rescinded.

Assistant Military and Naval attaches take place and precedence next after second secretaries.

The chief of the diplomatic mission takes precedence over all officers of the Army, Navy, or Foreign Commerce Service.

Commercial attaches rank with but after Military and Naval attaches.

Counselors take place and precedence next in succession after the Chief of Mission.

I don't think the death of General Wood will make any difference about the administration of the insular affairs.

I have done it regretfully and with the hope that it would be temporary.

I haven't liked the idea of establishing a new department.

As the conference knows, I have been rather more interested in the consolidation of departments already established than of establishing any new ones.

I don't know of any new developments in China that would change the views that I expressed in an address I made in New York on, I think, the 27th of April relative to our policy there.

I do not know just how many Americans we have in China.

I do not expect that the failure to reach an agreement at Geneva will have any serious effect upon the peace of the world.

Quite naturally I thought I would like to confide it to the newspapermen first.

It is too early to tell just what will be the effect of the conference we held.

There have been great accomplishments in the finances of the National Government, a large reduction in the national debt, considerable reductions in taxes.

Well, that is a matter to be taken up in the future and on which at the present time I would express absolutely no opinion.

Well, it is close to that.

Now, whether those proposals may be modified as the result of conference and discussion, I don't know.

The proposals that have been presented, as I understand them, call for the building of a larger navy than we should wish to agree to.

I doubt if I can continue horseback riding after I get back to the capital, and I don't know what I shall do about taking the horse that was presented to me back with me.

I told him I would take it under consideration and expressed the hope that I might be able to attend.

I was very much interested this morning to have a visit from a delegation of the National Woman's Party.

They are engaged in working for the Lucretia Mott amendment to the Federal Constitution providing a larger equality as I understand it between women and men than they think now exists.

I think that hereafter if it is agreeable to the press we will call this con-ference at 11:30 instead of quarter to twelve, and that will give me a little more opportunity to get home for lunch.

I should like to have the newspapermen and the photographers come out.