Slayton Mail Supplement
President’s
Message
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p roperty o f ab sen tee lundlorda who
fiirtii tlicin h.v «••limit« nor yet
mnnll
th a t tin* fa rm e r Iss-ome* Ilk« a Kur«»-
|H>NI| |M-UHU n t
T he d epositors In ou r saving* hanks
now num ber o v rr one-tenth of ou r en-
tlre iMipnlntlon. 'J'heae are all rnpltal-
lata w ho thro u g h the soring* hnnka
loan th e ir money to th e w o rkers th a t
la. In m any enaea to theinaelve* to
e a rry on th e ir varloua Imluatrlea.
I'oatnl savings h an k s will m ake It euay
fo r th e poorest to keep th e ir saving*
In alMolute anfety. T he regulation o f
th e nntlotial h ighw ays m u st I m * au rh
th a t they shall a e rre all |M*ople w ith
equal Justice. t ' o r p o r n t e ft nam es m ust
l>e s u p e r v i s e d ao na to m ake It fa r
s a f e r th a n a t p resen t for th e m an of
amnll m eans to Invest his money In
stoeka. T h ere m ust be prohibition of
child latter, dim inution of w om an la
bor. sh o rten in g of houra o f all me-
rh a n lra l Inlmr. S tork w ate rin g should
Is* prohibited, and sto rk gam bling, ao
fa r aa la piwalble. discouraged. T h ere
should I k * a p rogressive In heritance
tax on large fortu n es. In d u strial e d u
cation should I n * encouraged
*
P rotection For W agew orker*.
T h ere la one m a tte r wHh w hk'h the
congress should deni at th is session.
T here should no longer l»e any p a lte r
ing w ith th e ipicstlon o f ta k in g r a r e
o f the w ag ew o rk ers who. u n d er our
p resent In d u strial system , I mmxium k ill
ed. crippled or w orn out ns p a rt o f the
regular Incidents of n given business.
T h e object sought for could I k * ac h ie v
ed to a m ensurable degree, na f a r na
thoae killed or crippled a re concerned,
by projier em ployers' liability Inwa.
Aa fa r na eoneerna th o se w ho have
been w orn out, I cull your atte n tio n to
th e fa rt th a t definite atepa to w ard pro
viding old age penalons have t*cen
taken In m any o f o u r p riv a te Indus
tries.
P ending a thoroughgoing In v estig a
tion and action th e re Is c e rta in legla-
latlon w hich should l*e enacted at
once. T he law passed a t the Inst se s
sion o f th e congress g ran tin g com
pensation to c e rta in claaxes o f em-
ployeea of th e g o v em in eu t should lie
e.’.tended to Inrlnde nil em ployees o f
th e governm ent and should he m ade
more liberal In Its term s. In th is rc-
siM-ct th e ro n rro n lty o f th e t'n lte d
S tates tow ard lls em ployee* com pares
most un fav o rab ly w ith th f o f every
m ttn lry In E urope—even t! *• ism rest.
T he term s of th e act a re also a
hard sh ip In prohib itin g paym en t In
rn cs w here th e accident 1* In any
way title to tlie negligence *>f th e cm
ployet*. It It Inev itab le th a t dally f a
m iliarity w lih d a n g e r w ill lead men to
ta k e chances th a t enn be construed
Into negligence.
I renew in.v recom m endation muile
In a p re \ loll* m essage th a t h a lf holi
days I m * g ran ted d u rin g th e su m m er to
II w agew orkers In g o v ern m en t em
ploy.
1 also renew my recom m endation
* mt the principle o f th e eight hour
lay should na rapidly and ns f a r na
practicable I m * extended to th e en tire
work Ix-lng ca rrie d on by th e govern
merit.
Th« Courts.
! moat earn estly urge upon the co n
gress th e d u ly o f Increasing th e totally
Inadequate sa la rie s now given to our
Judges. O n th e whole, th e re Is no
body o f public se rv a n ts w ho do as
valuable work nor w hose m oneyed
rew ard Is so Inadequate com pared to
llw-lr work. B eginning w ith th e s u
prem e collit. th e Judges should have
I I k !r sn!iirb*s doubled
It Is earn estly to lie d esired th a t
s o m e m ethod should b e devised for d o
ing aw ay w ith th e long d elay s w hich
cow obtain In th e ad m in istra tio n o f
fustl< e and w hich o p era te w ith pecul
ia r severity ag a in st persons o f rm all
mentis and favor only th e very crim i
nals whom it Is m ost d e sira b le to p u n
ish
At the la ,t election ce rtn ln lenders
of organized labor m ade a violent and
sw eeping a tta c k upon the e n tire Ju
d iciary o f th e country, an a ttac k
couched In such te rm s ns to Include
g,,. most upright, honest and broad
minded Judges no less th a n those of
n arro w e r mind and m ore restric ted
outlook. E ast y e a r before th e house
com m ittee on th e Judiciary these sam e
labor leaders form u lated th e ir d e
m ands. specifying the hill th a t con
talinsl them , refu sin g all com prom ise,
sta tin g they w ished th e principle of
th a t bill or nothing. T hey Insisted on
n provision th a t In a latsir d isp u te no
In-unction should issue except to pro
tect n property right sn d s|ieelV a1lv
provided th a t th e rig h t to c a rry on
b u s i n e s s should not lie c o n stru e d na a
pro p erty rig h t, anil In n second pro
vision th e ir hill m ade legal In n labor
d isp u te any a r t or a g re em e n t by or
betw een tw o or m ore person* th a t
would not have been u n law fu l If done
by a single person. In o th e r w ords,
t h i s hill legalized black listin g an d boy
co ttin g In every form . T he dem and
w as Touch- H uff th e re should be (rial
by Jury In co n tem p t car-** thereby
m ost seriously Im p airin g tin- au th o rity
o f th e co u rts. All th is re nr* anted a
| co u rse of policy w hich. If ■ scried out,
would m ean th e e n th ro n e n i' oi of class
privilege In Ita cru d est so d most
b ru tal form an d th e d e s tru c tio n of
ono o f th e most essen tial in a c tio n s of
the Judiciary In all civilized Is nils
T h e w agew orkers, the w orkingm en,
th e III boring men of th e eo u e iry , by the
wny In which they repm ll»i •<! th e e f
fort to get them to enst tlc-ir votes In
res|Miuse to an apjieal to *..... . hatred
h at’s em phasized Vaelr sound patriotism
and AmericanIsm.
C ourts l-npsrilsd by Judge*.
Hut th e ex trem e reactio n s l ies, th«
liersons who blind thcmsci«*-- to th e
w rongs now and th e n coinn.It tod by
th e c o u rts on lutm rlug in»a. should
also th in k seriously a s to m *i such a
m ovem ent as th is por:* *<*. T he
c o u rts tire Jeoparded prim rllv by the
action o f th ese fed eral
id sta le
Judges w ho -show lu iib lllt' **• unwill-
lugnesN t</ put a sto p to in» w ro n g
doing of very rich men u m i » i m odern
In d u strial conditions.
T h ere a re c e rta in declam n- by v a
rloua c o u rts w hich h av e b*** i exceed
ingly d e trim e n ta l to the rig h t* of
w agew orkers. T h is Is tru* <*r all the
deelalous th a t decide t bit • men and
women u re by th e c o u stlti l n “g u a r
an teed th e ir lib e rty " to con rai l to
en te r a d an g ero u s occupu
n. o r to
work nu u n d esirab le o r lm | i*>p»r Hum-
I mw of hours, or to w ork In u n h ea lth y
su rro u n d in g s, and th e re fo re • m ot re
cover d am ag es when m alm -l lu th a t
o c c u p a tio n and ca n n o t I k - i-*rblddeu
to w ork w hat th e le g isla tu re decid es is
an excessive n u m b er o f b • *. <*r to
c a rry on th e w ork u u d er e d itio n s
w hich th e leg islatu re deckle i •» |>c u n
healthy.
T h e re la also, I th in k , t ouod for
th e belief th a t su b sta n tia l .n i u t l o e p,
o ften suffered by employe*
conse
qu en ce of th e custom «if c o u rts l»xu
lug tem|M*rary In ju n ctio n s v ..out n o
tice to them an d pu n lsh ln c hem for
co n tem p t o f co u rt In luatat« • • w here,
os a m a tte r o f fact, th e ' h av e no
know ledge of any pro ceed ! l . . P ro
vision should be m ade th a t n*- in ju n c
tion o r te m p o rary re s tra h h.g o rd er
Issue* o th e rw ise th a n ou no1' ex cep t
w h ere Irrep a ra b le In ju ry w
i other-
w lse resu lt, an d lu su ch ct
a h ea r
ing <*n th e m erits o f th e <>t* r should
b<* had w ithin u sh o rt lls • <1 jicrlod.
nn I If not th en conllnuetl
r hear*
leg it shoiii i fo rth w ith la
D eci
sio n s should I k * ren d ered It* * ¿late ly
an d th e ch an ce o f delay mb *• *z* *l In
every w ay.
T h e c o u rts are to tie h i. iy com
m ended and stnn'-hly npl *1 w hen
they set th e ir faces ngnln * wnm g-
«lolng o r ty ra n n y by a nin city, h u t
they Hr«* to b t hlnrn«*d w hen they
fail to recognize u n d er a r e m in e n t
like o u rs tin* d elllicrn te J u d 'i i e n t o f
the m a jo rity ns to a m a tte
-f legltl-
m ale jM.llcy w hen duly ext
w il by
th e leg islatu re.
T h e prop!** should
not be p erm itted to pardon
II an d
slipshod legislation on th«* tl* ry th a t
th e «*01101 w ill net It rig h t. T ' * should
I m * ta u g h t th a t th e rig h t w ay to got rid
o f a bad law Is to h av e th e !e sla tttre
rc|>eal It nn«l not to h av e th e . ..iirts by
Ingenious h air sp littin g nullify It.
People T h sm selves to
h'«ir m any of the shorte«.. ¡ngs of
Justice In o u r co u n try o u r pe-.pic as a
w hole a re them selves to lilai. • ind the
Judge* en d Juries merely l~-*r th e ir
sh a re to g eth er w ith the public as a
whole. It la <IH«or«*dltablc to us ns u
p«*op!e th a t th ere should Is* difficulty
In convicting m u rd erers o r In bringing
to Justice men w ho as publl -erv an ts
have been guilty «if corruptl«oi <»r w ho
have profited by th e corruption *»f p u b
lic aervnnta.
T h e huge w ealth th a t has lu e n a c
cu m u lated by a few indlvldo»!* of re
cent year«. In w hat has am o u n ted to
ft social anil Industrial revolution. Im*
been na re g a rd s som e of the*** Individ
uals m ade possible only by th* im prop
e r ns<* of th e m odern corpora «»a. C or
porations ar«* n ecessary Instrn cu ts of
modern business. T hey have I m - oii per-
m ltted to heroine a m enace largely lie-
enuae tho g o v ern m en tal rep resen tativ e*
of th e |H*ople have work«Ml slow ly In
providing for nde«]nnte oonu*<*l over
them.
Real d am ag e has been done by th e
m anifold nnd conflicting In te rp re ta
tions o f (he In te rsta te com m erce law*.
C ontrol o v er th e g rea t co rp o ratio n s do
ing In te rsta te b u sin ess enn lie effective
only If It Is re s te d w ith full pow er In
nn a d m in istra tiv e d e p a rtm e n t.s b ran ch
o f th e fe«l«*rnl ox«*eutlve. c a rry in g o ut
a fe«1ernl law. It enn n ev er tie e f
fectiv e If a div id ed resp o n sib ility Is
left In both th e sta te s and th e nation.
It enn nev er lie effective If le ft In th e
h an d s o f th e c o u rts to tie d*** tde«l by
law suits.
T he c o u rts hold a place of peculiar
nnd d eserv ed sa n c tity u n d er **ur form
of g o vernm ent. Ho*p«*ct fo r th e law Is
esscntlnl to th e pcrmanen<*e o f *uir In
stitution*. and resp ect f*«r th e law Is
largely con«1ltl**ne«l upon re? pect fo r
th e co u rts. B ut w e m u st fnce ihc fa c t
th a t th e re a re w ise nnd unw ise .|udg«*s.
Just ns th e re nre w ise nnd u n w ise **x-
eenttvoa nnd legislators.
W hen n
p resid en t o r governor behave* Im prop
erly or unw isely th e rem edy Is easy,
for Ills te rm Is sh o rt. T he sam e Is
tru e w ith th e legislator, alth o u g h not
tc . thy. *y*me. d e-ree .
W ith
¿*nt~e
ceptlng to crim inals, nnd It seriously
hniii|iera the g o v ern m en t In the «letec-
tlon «»f crim e am i th<* secu rin g of Jus
tice. It p rev en ts lb«* prom otion of etn-
nloyeea hi th«* s«vret servl«-e. au«l th is
furth«w (lls*SXJrages gtssl effort. lo It*
present form tlie restrlctbm op erates
•mly to th e m lvantngc of the crim inal,
••f tin* wrongdoer.
T he ch ief arg u m e n t lo fav o r of th e
provision w as th a t the congressm en
•llil not them selves wish to la* Invratl-
Fere eta.
I f th e re Is any one d u ty will* li more gated by secret service men. Very lit
th a n an o th e r we ow e It to o u r «-blldreti tle of such Investigation has b«*en done
and o u r ch ild ren 's ch ild ren lo tM*rf«riii In the past, but It Is tru e th a t th e w ork
a t once It Is to sa v e the for***!« of of the s«*«*ret serv lee ag en ts w as p artly
th is co u n try , for they c o n stitu te tin* responsible for th e Indictm ent nnd con
first an d m ost Im p o rtan t elem ent in viction of a sen ato r nnd tt congressm an
th e eo nservntbin o f th e n a tu ra l re- for In nil frau d s In Oreg«m. I do not
believe th a t It Is In the politic Interest
sou rces o f th e co u n try .
who. being hiiiriiiu. Is n|s<> lll.i-iy III
«•rr. b ut w h « w le n u re Is f**r life, th ere
Is no sim ila r w ay o f holding him to
responsibility, r u d e r o rd in ary condi
tions the «»lily form * of p ressu re to
t.*til«'b he la In an y w ay a m ens tile a te
f»«iI»11<- opinion an d th«» action of his
fellow Judge*. II 1« th e last w hich Is
in«isl I lutinsl lately effective an d to
w hich we alioiild l«M»k for th e reform
of abuses.
S liortslglibsl |M-rsons. or persona
bllmb-d to the fu tu re liy d e sire to
m ake money I ii «*very w ay o u t o f th e
p resen t. sniuetlmMi sjicak ns If no
g reat damag«* would I m * don«* l»y the
r«*cklcss «lestrucihju o f <>ur for**st*. It
Is «lltheult to have pnlleiiee w ith th e
arg u m e n ts of these |M*rsnu». T h an k s
lo o u r ow n n s'k lessn ess In th e use of
o u r splendid fo rests, w e have alread y
crossed the verge of a tim b er fam ine
In th is co u n try , and no m ensuri's th a t
in* now ta k e cun, at least for m any
y ears, undo I lie* m ischief th a t h is a l
ready I m -«* ii done. But we « an prevent
fu rth e r m ischief being done, and it
would be In Ihe highest d eg ree repiv-
lienslble to let any co n sld cr.ilIon of
tem p o rary convenience or tem p o rary
«•««st In terfere w ith such action. «**| k *-
elnll.v as regard* th e n atio n al forests,
w hich th«* n atio n ca n now ui th is very
m om ent control.
I T h e p rasld en t ln*re c ite s In su[»f»ort
o f Ills contention* th e gran t «lestrue-
tlnli w ro u g h t In 4'hlmi by tlie denuda-
tl«»u o f tin* fo re st area«.)
W hitt h as »bus hap|M-ti<-«l .n n o rtb e n i
C hina. w!int has happened In c e n tra l
Asia. In l'iil<*Htlni>. In n o rth A frlcn. In
p a rts of th e M ed iterran ean co u n tries
of E urope. will surely happen lu «»ur
co u n try If w e do -not exercise th a t
w ise fo reth o u g h t w hich should be o ne
of lb«* ebl«*f m ark s of an y |M*opl<* c a ll
ing liscir civilized. N othing slioukl be
|H‘rinltt«*d to sta n d In th e w ay of th e
p rese rv a tio n o f th e f<>r«*sts. and It Is
crlm lu al to perm it In d iv id u als to p u r
chase a little gain fo r them selves
th ro u g h th e d e s tn ie tlo n o f fo re sts
w hen th is d estru c tio n I* fata l to th e
well Is-ltig o f th e w hole c o u n try In th e
fu tu re.
i
Inland W aterw ay*.
Action should be Ix-g.in fo rth w ith ,
d u rin g th e pr«*s«*nt session o f congress,
for tin* Im provem ent o f o u r Inland w a
terw ay * action w hich will resu lt lu
giving us not only n av ig ab le hut
navigate«! rivers.
W e h av e s|»eui
hum !reds o f m illions o f d o lla rs upon
th ese w ate rw a y s, yet th e traffic «>n
n early all o f th em Is ste ad ily «leellu-
Ing. T h is condition Is th e dir«*c*t re
su it o f th e tibsonce of a n y corapre-
h eiv lv e an d faraeeln g |d a n o f w a te r
w ay Im provem ent. O bviously w e can-
net «’o n jln u e th u s to exp«*n«l tlie rev
em ies o f th e governm ent w ithout re-
tu ru .
It Is poor b u sin ess to spend
money fo r Inland n av ig atio n unless
w e get It.
Such sh o rtsig h ted , v ac illatin g ond
fu tile m etliotls a re accor.ipanhsl by *!«*•
cre asin g w ate r h o m e com m erce am i
In creasin g traffic congestion on land,
bv lu eran aln g i U mk I s nnd by th e w aste
of public money. T h e rem edy lies In
ab a n d o n in g tli«* m etluxls w hich have
s«i sig n ally faileil ntul a d o p tin g new
n*ies In k«*opltig w ith th e ik h k I s and
denial!«)* o f o u r people.
I ii a r«*is>rt oil a m easu re Introduced
a t tlie first session o f th e p rese n t co n
g ress th e s e c re ta ry o f w ar said. "T h e
ch ief d efect In th e m eth o d s h ith erto
p n rsu ed ll**s In th e ab sen ee o f ex«vu-
tlv e a u th o rity for o rig in a tin g eom pre-
h en slv e plana co v erin g th e co u n try or
n a tu ra l div isio n s th e re o f.”
In th is
(•pinion I h eartily concur.
I ’ntll th e w ork o f riv er Im provem ent
•a u n d erta k en lu a m odern w ay It enu-
n«»t have re su lts th a t will im*«*t th e
needs o f th is m odem n atio n . T hese
needs should he met w ith o u t fu rth e r
dllly-dullylug o r delay. T h e plan w hich
prom ise* th e ls*st and q u ick est resu lts
Is th a t o f a p erm a n en t com m ission au
thorized t«> co-ordinate th e w ork o f nil
th e g o v ern m en t d e p a rtm e n ts relatin g
to w a te rw a y s a ml to fraui«* an d super-
vis«* th e ex ecu tio n o f a co m p reh o tislre
plan. T h e lim e fo r playing w ith our
w a te rw a y s Is past. T h e co u n try de
m aud* m antis.
N ational Parka.
I u rge th a t all o u r n ational p a rk s a d
ja ce n t to n atio n al fo rests he plaixal
com pletely u n d er th e control o f the
fom st service «>f th e a g ric u ltu ra l d«*-
p a rtin e n t. Instead o f leaving them , as
th ey are now. u n d er th e In terio r «le-
p n rtm e n t nnd |s>llco<l by th e arm y.
P ure Food.
T he p ure food legislation has already
vv<> k«sl a h«>iiet1t illineult to o v eresti
m ate
8 ecret Service.
I.tist y enr an ani«*n<lui«*nt w as Ineor
pornte«l lu tin* m easu re providing for
the secret service w hich provided th a t
th e re should be no «lornII from th e sc-
r m t service am i no tra n sfe r therefrom .
It Is not too much to say th a t this
am en d m en t has la*en of Is'neflt only,
and could he of lienefit only, to the
crim inal classes
T he am en d m en t In
q u est loo w as of lienertt to no one i*x-
p u rtu re w hen com pared w ith a n y th in g
w hich has happened am ong A siatic
pow ers w hich ure tb«-lr ow n m asters.
We have given th e Flllniu«« c o n stitu
tional governm ent, a governm ent b a s e d
upon Justice, am i we have show n th a t
we have governed thorn for th eir g o o d
and not for our u g g rau d lzem en t
At th e p resen t tim e, us d u rin g th e
p ast te n je n r* . Ihe Inexorable logic of
fac ts sh o w s th a t th is g o v ern m en t
m ust lie supplied by us and uot by
them . W e m ust I k - w is e an d g en er
ous. W e m ust help th e F ilipinos to
m aster »lie dltllcult a rt of self con
trol, w hich Is sim ply u n o tb e r nam e fo r
self g o verum eut. Hut we can n o t give
them self g overnm ent sav e lu th e
sens«- o f g o verning th em so th a t g ra d
ually th«*y may. If th ey ure able. I earn
to g o v ern them selves.
No oue can
prophesy th e ex a c t d a te when It will
I m * w ise to co n sid er Independence as
a fixed an d definite policy.
P orto Rico.
1 again recom m end th a t A m erican
citizen sh ip be co n ferred upon th e peo
ple o f P o rto Rico.
Cuba.
In C uba o u r occupancy w ill cease lu
about tw o m o n th s’ tim e. T h e C u b an s
have in o rd erly m an n er elected th e ir
ow n g o v ern m en tal au th o rities, an d th e
island will be tu rn ed o ver to them .
O u r occupation ou th is occasion bus
tasted u little o ver tw o y ears, an d
C uba bus th riv e n nnd prosiiered u u d er
ll. O ur enni«*st hope an d oue d e sire
Is th a t th e p«*ople o f th e Islam! sh all
now govern th em selv es w ith Justice,
so tli it peace a n d o rd e r m ay he se
cure.
T he F leet's Reception.
I ta k e th is o p p o rtu n ity publicly to
s ta le tuy u p p reciatio u of th e w ay In
w hich in J a p a n , in A u stralia, in New
Z ealand an d in all th e s ta te s of S o u th
A m erica th e b a ttle fleet has beeu re
ceived ou Its p rac tice voyage aro u n d
th e w orld. T h e A m erican g o v ern m en t
ca n n o t loo stro n g ly ex p re ss its ap p re
ciatio n of th e n lsiu u d ln g and generous
Hospitality show n o u r sh ip s in ev ery
port tb«*y visited.
T he Arm y.
As reg a rd s th e arm y , I call a tte n tio n
to th e fac t th a t, w hile o u r Ju u io r offi
ce rs an d en listed uieu sta n d very high,
th e present sy stem of prom otion by
sen io rity resu lts I ii b ringing into th e
h igher g rad es m any men of m ediocre
cap acity w ho have but a sh o rt tim e to
serve. No m an should reg ard it as
his vested rig h t lo rise to th e highest
rank In th e arm y any m ore th a n !n
an y o th e r profession.
T h e scoiie of re tirin g b o ard s should
be ex ten d ed so th a t th ey could con
sid e r g eneral unfltness to com m and
fo r an y cau se lu o rd er to secure a f a r
m ore rigid en fo rcem en t th a n a t p re s
en t In th e elim in atio n of officers fo r
m ental, physical or te m p eram en ta l
d isab ilities. R u t th is plan is recom
m ended only if th e congress do“s not
see fit to p ro v id e w h a t In my Judg
m ent Is f a r b e tte r—th a t Is. fo r selec
tion lu prom otion an d fo r elim ination
fo r age.
Now th a t th e organized m ilitia, th e
n ational g u ard , has been inco rp o rated
w ith tlie arm y ns n p a rt o f th e uationnl
forces It behooves th e govern m en t to
do every reaso n ab le th in g In its p o w
e r to |x*rf«s*t Its efficiency.
A bill Is now pending before th e
congress c re a tin g a n u m b e r of e x tra
officers In th e arm y , w hich. If passed,
ns It o u g h t to he. will en ab le m ore o f
ficers to I k * traln«»«l ns In stru cto rs o f
n atio n al g u ard nnd assig n ed to th a t
d u ty .
T h ere should be legislation to pro
vide n com plete plan fo r org an iz
ing th e g re a t body of v o lu n teers be
hind the reg u la r arm y an d n ational
g u ard w hen w ar has come.
W hile
tennis rep resen tin g th e U nited S tates
won the rifle an d revolver ch am p io n
sh ip s o f th e w orld a g a in st all coiners
In E n gland th is year. It is u n fo rtu n a te
ly tru e th a t the g re a t body o f o u r c iti
zens shoot less an d less ns tim e goes
on.
T o meet th is w e should enco u rag e
rltb* p ractice am ong schoolboys nnd
Indeed am ong all classes, ns w ell »s
In th e m ilitary services, by every
m oans In our |>owor.
T he Navy.
I approve tho reco m m en d atio n s o f
th e gencrr.l board fo r th e In crease of
th e navy, calling especial atte n tio n to
th e nee«i o f ad d itio n al d estro y e rs nnd
cm .iers nn«l. abo v e all. o f th e fo u r b a t
tleships. It [* d esira b le to com plete
as soon ns pos.UN« a sq u ad ro n o f eight
b a ttle sh ip s o f t . ^ best ex istin g tyi»e.
T h e North D akofii, D elaw are, F lo rid a
an d U tah will form th e first division
of_thls s<;undrort.