Woodrow Wilson: “The year that has elapsed since we last observed our day of thanksgiving has been rich in blessings to us as a people.”

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

I suggest to my fellow-countrymen that the circles around their Christmas trees will be incomplete unless, mingled with their own expectant children, they shall visualize some of the waifs of Central Europe.

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.

No provision is made in the resolution for the preservation of any proportionate strength in the combatant corps of the Army.