The Philippine Foreign Minister the other day told me that the reason for the extreme loyalty of the Philippines in the last war was the American schoolteachers who had been with them for the last 40 years.

I am returning without my approval H.R. 3788, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate and maintain the Vermejo reclamation project, New Mexico.

We are not arming ourselves and our friends to start a fight with anybody.

I am proud to be a member of the oldest active veterans organization in the Nation.

Because of the complex nature of the problems involved, they should have the most careful study before this project is authorized, in order to make sure that the policies established for this one project are indeed equitable and form a…

If it were possible, we would prefer that these bulwarks against aggression be established by the United Nations.

I recommend, therefore, that H.R. 5472 be amended so as to eliminate, at this time, the authorization for undertaking the irrigation part of the project.

We are building defenses so that we won't have to fight.

I understand that the House may soon consider H.R. 5472, a bill to authorize the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, to undertake various river and harbor and flood control projects.

The military assistance program is to prevent aggression.

We must face the fact that we have forever put behind us the false security of isolationism.

Supplemental water supplies are needed in order to maintain and expand local farming operations.

The cost of such a program is considerable, but it represents an investment in security that will be worth many times its cost.

The National Democratic Committee is in control of its membership, and it is made up of Democrats.

When I am ready, I will answer that question.

I will sign it, if it comes up to me, because I suggested it.

The only comment that I have to make is that the Congress did not appropriate enough money to enforce the rent control law.

The said Executive Order No. 6444 of November 25, 1933, is modified accordingly.