I have not so much laid before you a series of recommendations, gentlemen, as sought to utter a confession of faith, of the faith in which I was bred and which it is my solemn purpose to stand by until my last fighting day.
Wilson expresses his deep commitment to his principles and beliefs as a leader.
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Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.
The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.
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.
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.
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