Woodrow Wilson: “I hereby vest in the Secretary of Commerce the power to review the refusal of any collector of customs.”

In recommending to you that Congress take appropriate action with regard to this agreement, certain facts should be brought to your attention.

The burdens of war are not lifted when the fighting ceases.

We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.

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