Woodrow Wilson actually said...

That the provisions of law requiring survey, inspection and measurement, by officers of the United States, of foreign-built ships admitted t...

We shall pay the bill, though we did not deliberately incur it.

All foreign-built ships which shall be admitted to United States registry under said Act may retain the watch officers employed thereon, wit...

In pursuance of the authority conferred upon the President of the United States by Section 2 of the Act approved August 18, 1914, entitled '...