The governors' messages from all states in which the legislature meets regularly this year are reviewed, with the exception of Florida and Georgia, where the legislative sessions do not begin until April and June respectively. Not all retiring governors' messages have been secured. The messages of the following governors are included in the review: Harvey Parnell of Arkansas, John C. Phillips of Arizona, C. C. Young of California, William H. Adams of Colorado, John H. Trumbull of Connecticut, C. Douglass Buck of Delaware, H. C. Baldridge of Idaho, Len Small (retiring) and Louis L. Emmerson of Illinois, Ed Jackson (retiring) and Harry G. Leslie of Indiana, John Hammill of Iowa, Clyde M. Reed of Kansas, William T. Gardiner of Maine, Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, Frank C. Allen of Massachusetts, Fred W. Green of Michigan, Theodore Christianson of Minnesota, Sam A. Baker (retiring) and Henry Caulfield of Missouri, J. E. Erickson of Montana, Arthur J. Weaver of Nebraska, F. B. Balzar of Nevada, Huntley N. Spaulding (retiring) and Charles W. Tobey of New Hampshire, Harry Moore (retiring) and Morgan F. Larson of New Jersey, Richard C. Dillon of New Mexico, Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, O. Max Gardner of North Carolina, George F. Shafer of North Dakota, Myers Y. Cooper of Ohio, Henry S. Johnston of Oklahoma, I. L. Patterson of Oregon, John S. Fisher of Pennsylvania, Norman S. Case of Rhode Island, John G. Richards of South Carolina, W. J. Bulow of South Dakota, Henry H. Horton of Tennessee, Dan Moody of Texas, George H. Dem of Utah, John E. Weeks of Vermont, Roland H. Hartley of Washington, Howard M. Gore (retiring) and William G. Conley of West Virginia, Walter J. Kohler of Wisconsin, and Frank C. Emerson of Wyoming.