Woodrow Wilson: “It has been impossible to avoid them.”

No provision is made in the resolution for the preservation of any proportionate strength in the combatant corps of the Army.

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.

The authorization granted to the United States Fuel Administration and the United States Fuel Administrator by paragraph 5 of the executive order of July 3, 1918, was and is terminated as of January 1st, 1920, and the said powers were and…

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