Woodrow Wilson: “There will be a large floating residuum of labor which should not be left wholly to shift for itself.”

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…

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.

I herewith call your attention to an agreement with Belgium made by the British and French Premiers and myself.