Woodrow Wilson: “They cannot in honor withhold the service to which they are now about to be challenged.”

I return herewith, without my approval, House joint resolution No. 440.

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.

For many months there has been a demand that war agencies should be abolished and that there should be less Government interference with business.

Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.