Woodrow Wilson: “Now therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim”

The said United States Fuel Administration is hereby authorized to procure information in reference to the business of coal and coke producers and distributors in the manner provided for in Sections 6 and 9 of the Act of Congress approved…

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

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

I am in full sympathy with every sound proposal to promote foreign trade along sound business lines.