Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"And I also urge and suggest our duty in this our day of peace and abundance to think in deep sympathy of the stricken peoples of the world upon whom the curse and terror of war has so pitilessly falle..."

"Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do appoint Thursday, the thirtieth of November, as a day of National Thanksgiving and Prayer."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me by law, it is hereby ordered:"

"The Governor of The Panama Canal is authorized to prescribe such detailed rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this order."