I should be very glad to consult General Mitchell about any subject that he is familiar with on which he can be helpful.

On July 16, 1925, the President signed an Executive Order, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit to the Board of Trustees of the China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture, as the agent designated by the Chinese…

Now I think that is the real extent at the present time of the Chinese policy, based on those two things—carrying out the Washington Agreements on the one side and doing what we can to get China to protect foreign interests on the other…

It would interfere with me very much if I understood that it is to be taken down in shorthand here and then used outside for such purposes as anyone might want to use them.

Otherwise it greatly interferes with my freedom of expression and my trying to disclose to the conference the things that I have in mind.

I don't quite throw my communications to the conference into anything like finished style or anything that perhaps would naturally be associated with a Presidential utterance.

NOW I don't think that is right.

What I say here is not to be taken down in shorthand other than that which is taken down by my stenographer for my purposes.

I don't know as I can say very much about my vacation.

I don't think that is the proper thing to do.

You better get a copy of Whittier and read Snowbound before you go there.

I expect to spend a considerable part of it trying to amuse the newspapermen.