02/02/1917
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"Our financial program must no more be left in doubt or suffered to lag than our ordnance program or our ship program or our munitions program, or our program for making millions of men ready."
"The world never stood in such case before."
"The functions of the Council shall be as follows:"
"to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins and shortcomings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the truth"