Woodrow Wilson: “I have been trying my best to speak your thoughts.”

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.

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the District of Columbia, on the fourth day of March next, at twelve o'clock noon

The reviewing authority should suspend the whole of a sentence when it appears to him that such action will promote the discipline of his command.