Calvin Coolidge

If it stood by itself it might not be important enough to warrant a veto.

H.R. 4664, entitled 'An act for the relief of Capt. George R. Armstrong, United States Army, retired,' is hereby returned without my approval.

It is a bill, however, of a series which have been passed, two of which have already reached me, and taken in its connection with others of a like nature I am unable to give it my approval.

This investigation by the Trade Commission may perhaps reveal facts that will be helpful to state commissions in administering the powers that have been conferred upon them for the regulation and control of electric companies.

I believe that postmasters of fourth-class post offices are now reasonably compensated and, therefore, am not in favor of the additional compensation which this bill provides for.

The Government should not be required to adjudicate these claims of ancient origin unless there be such evidence of unmistakable merit in the claims as would create an obligation on the part of the Government to admit them to adjudication.

Attached hereto is a letter from the Secretary of War setting out reasons why this bill ought not to become a law.

I have very little information about the investigation going on before the Federal Trade Commission relative to the electric power companies.

The other provisions of the bill have my entire approval, and if the unconstitutional feature should be removed and the militarization feature removed I should be pleased to approve it.

I am constrained, therefore, to withhold my approval of this bill.

I am not unmindful of the primary purpose of this bill to coordinate the public-health activities of the Government, and the importance of enlarging the facilities of the Public Health Service to enable it to deal more effectively with…

It seems to me that such evidence is lacking.

If the War Department be precluded from using these reserve supplies and equipment in case of actual and imperative call, its effectiveness as an agency to relieve distress is diminished.

The War Department has been the principal Federal agency to render assistance.

With general prosperity, with high wages, with reasonable hours of labor, has come both the means and the time to cultivate artistic spirit.

Through our contact with the beautiful we see more of the truth and are brought into closer harmony with the infinite.

It is but natural, therefore, that we should turn to the field of art.

If we could surround ourselves with forms of beauty, the evil things of life would tend to disappear and our moral standards would be raised.

If all these bills went through and became law I should think it would not only endanger tax reduction at the present time, but would make necessary the laying of additional taxes.

I am a good deal disturbed at the number of proposals that are being made for an expenditure of money.

I talked yesterday with the conferees and some others relative to the flood bill.

I expected to have an opportunity to confer with some members of the committee, but apparently they hurried the conference to an end and filed their report without giving me any opportunity to see what they were doing or to indicate…

The report, I think of the conference committee on the flood bill, is in today's issue of the Congressional Record.

A good deal of the power I judge would be used to pump the water over the hill to Southern California and some method ought to be devised that will meet the objections of those that do not wish the United States Government to go into the…

I want the dam built for the purpose of flood control and for the purpose of giving Southern California a better domestic water supply.