Woodrow Wilson: “Every Athenian knew Themistocles’s manner, and gait, and address, and felt directly the just influence of Aristides.”

I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to Government intervention.

I suggest to my fellow-countrymen that the circles around their Christmas trees will be incomplete unless, mingled with their own expectant children, they shall visualize some of the waifs of Central Europe.

We shall not witness an immediate satisfactory adjustment of domestic and international trade relations.

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