Woodrow Wilson: “Their reports stand in the way of each other, and so the complaint is warranted that Congress can get nothing done.”

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

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.

Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.

A recommendation at this time that suitable legislative action should be taken may appear somewhat premature, but in view of the approaching termination of my administration I have brought this matter to your attention, hoping that…