Woodrow Wilson: “The principal part in making administration pure, business-like, and efficient must always, under any conceivable system…”

I do not believe that they should be accorded indirectly.

We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.

In recommending to you that Congress take appropriate action with regard to this agreement, certain facts should be brought to your attention.

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 Government intervention.