"I am returning without my signature, Senate Joint Resolution 212, 'Joint Resolution directing the War Finance Corporation to take certain action for the relief of the present depression in the agricultural sections of the country, and for other purposes.'"
"We shall not witness an immediate satisfactory adjustment of domestic and international trade relations."
"I am in full sympathy with every sound proposal to promote foreign trade along sound business lines."
"The burdens of war are not lifted when the fighting ceases."
"I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to Gov..."
"For many months there has been a demand that war agencies should be abolished and that there should be less Government interference with business."
"I do not believe that they should be accorded indirectly."
"It waits with acquiescence, in the first place, for laws which will effectively prohibit and prevent such interlocking of the personnel of the directorates of great corporations—banks and railroads, i..."
"The soundness of the principle embodied in Section io seems generally to be admitted."
"The said United States Fuel Administration is hereby authorized to procure information in reference to the business of coal and coke producers and distributors in the manner provided for in Sections 6..."
"The authorization granted to the United States Fuel Administration and the United States Fuel Administrator by paragraph 5 of the executive order of July 3, 1918, was and is terminated as of January 1..."