09/08/1919
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"I was seeking to compose the present in order to safeguard the future."
"A situation had to be met whose elements and fixed conditions were indisputable."
"We need them now and we shall continue to need them."
"I felt warranted in assuring them that no obstacle of law would be suffered to stand in the way of their increasing their revenues to meet the expenses resulting from the change."