Paragraph (e) of the bill is objectionable because, in addition to authorizing the payment of educational expenses of dependents of Federal employees in the vicinity of Boulder and Grand Coulee Dams, it provides for the payment of such…

WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and in the public interest that the said limitation of the $500 be raised to $1,000:

Paragraph (h) of the bill is also objectionable.

The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation has one hundred million dollars of government-furnished money.

It seems to me that such broad general authority is unwise and unwarranted.

I am unable to agree, however, that a general policy should be established for the education, including transportation to and from school, at Federal expense, of the children of Federal employees at or near all Bureau of Reclamation…

I AM WITHHOLDING my approval of H.R. 4428 entitled, 'An Act to adjust the rate of dividends paid by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation on its capital stocks and to decrease the premium charge for its insurance.'

In the circumstances, I have withheld approval of this bill, but I would gladly approve a measure with the objectionable provisions eliminated.

I HAVE WITHHELD my approval of H.R. 5654, a bill 'To provide basic authority for the performance of certain functions and activities of the Bureau of Reclamation'.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority invested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 631), and for the purpose of carrying out the objective aforesaid, the…

WHEREAS under the regulations now in force the appointment of postmasters of the fourth class may be made without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules in any case in which the compensation of the office is not in…

It is particularly important, from a budgetary standpoint, that this money be returned to the government at as early a date as possible.

Subject to the limitations contained in that order, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Commerce to perform and exercise all of the functions and powers vested in and granted to the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Treasury, the…

The welfare of the United States in the next 25 or 30 years is going to be in your hands--the hands of the young men who are now growing up and going to high school and college.

It is nice to have you boys here as our guests this morning.

It will continue to work just as long as you want it to work.

When people ask what the Government of the United States is, it is you.

I have been studying it ever since I was your age, and I don't think a finer system has ever been created in the history of the world.