Despite differences of language, tradition, and custom, the youth of the world have found in the organization a common ground for spiritual training and service to their church, community, and country.

Above all yours is a mission of exemplifying the standards of individual conduct which are the basis of national character.

I congratulate you on the achievements of a half century of practical idealism.

It is our understanding that the Conference is limited entirely to questions of the present emergency.

You have before you even higher privileges and opportunities to serve with the vigor, courage, and idealism of youth in the solution of myriads of problems of the future.

It is an appreciated privilege, in behalf of the Nation, to greet the delegates from our own land and other lands to the convention of the World's Christian Endeavor Union at the 50th milepost of this dynamic movement.

THE PRESIDENT suggested in his message to Congress on Muscle Shoals that the States of Alabama and Tennessee, being primarily concerned, should appoint representatives, together with representatives from agriculture and the War Department…

Time always helps in these things, and there is no occasion for any exaggerated anxiety about it.

Now, the reparations postponement has in our view taken the most dangerous strain off the whole situation.

The general tendency in all of these situations is to rather overexaggerate them.

The measures that have been taken by the German Government yesterday and today are very strong and courageous measures, and should go a long ways to get that sort of mob psychology laid and to regularize that position.

A little over half of the other reports involved reductions; the balance provided for increases.