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the Interior Department under his
direction:
'For many years I have lived among
the great domestic problems Of the ma
tion that come within the province of
the Department of the Interior in the
west. but have no financial interest
In any of them. The natural re-
sources of our country today are
boundless I'm their scope and it is the
duty Of the government and those
officials intrusted with administra-
tive authority to preserve with zeal
Gus care those rights of government
and the people and with the same
solicitude that might be exercised in
purely personal obligations.
THE various bureaus and semi-in-
dependent agencies co-ordinated into
the Department Of the Interior exer-
else an influence Of tremendous magni
tude upon our national life. Our public
lands problems and our reclamation
and irrigation problems deal with the
prosperity Of millions of our citizens
throughout the western part of the
country. and these problems. perhaps
not always fully understood or ap
preciated in the east, nevertheless are
fundamentally the problems of all
Americans.
Has No Radical Plans.
II have no penacea for the estab-
lishment of perfectly balanced gov
ernmental institutions, nor any form
ula for the Inauguration of a mill
lennium among the workers of this
department But do sense the COM
plexity of the problems confronting
government today and feel perhaps
with a justifiable sincerity. that the
problems of tomorrow will be more
complex and require more ingenuity
and energy II we are to attain sub
stantial progress.
II believe that the work done and
the problems confronting government
should be placed frankly before the
American people.
advertise with all the energy of which
It Is capable. to the end that It's mil
lions Of wage earners-its citizens of
both sexes and of every class-might
enjoy a better understanding of pub
lie institutions, what they stand for
and what they seek to accomplish in
the interest Of the public. Education
Of the proper kind is the most power
full weapon known to civilization. and
such education. combined with honesty
and fidelity to idealistic purposes, will
make for better Americans and bet
ter America. So in the conduct Of the
Department Of the Interior there shall
be no submerged or camouflaged
policies. no issues tucked away be-
hind smoke screens, but an open and
frank exposition of all actions deemed
essential to the public interest.
"The same strictly business meth
ods that prevailed in the Post Office
Department during my incumbency
as Postmaster General will be ap-
piled to the Department Of the In
terror, to the end that Its functions
may be exercised with the same ef-
f4ciencv that characterized the ad-
ministration Of my distinguished pred
eccor, I will continue the open
adopted at the Post Office Depart
ment, so that the public may look
in, If ,sa,ss, it wishes, to see Its own Dusi-
Assistant Secretary Of War Davis
began his term by assuming direct
charge of the entire military estab-
lishment as acting secretary Of war.
an unusual distinction in the history
of the depar tment. Secretary Weeks
left Washington a few moments after
Mr.. Davis took Office with President
Pershing, chief of STAFF: Maj. Gen.
Hines. deputy chief of staff. and the
chiefs of all the military bureaus
witnessed the swearing into office Of
Col. Davis.
The oath Of office was administered
by John B. Randolph, assistant chief
clerk, who has assisted in the induc-
tion of officials of the War Depart
ment for more than fifty years. Mr..
Davis Is president of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association, is
the donor of the Davis international
tionally as a sportsman. With Hol-
combe @. Ward he held the doubles
tennis championship of the United
States for several years.