Woodrow Wilson: “It stands at the front of all government among us; it is the single affirmative voice in national policy.”

The soundness of the principle embodied in Section io seems generally to be admitted.

I think, therefore, that the bill should not become law and that the tract should be made a Federal bird reservation for the protection of the birds which now frequent the lands.

I herewith call your attention to an agreement with Belgium made by the British and French Premiers and myself.

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.