Woodrow Wilson: “I have been very much touched by the generous terms of the address which you have just read.”

For many months there has been a demand that war agencies should be abolished and that there should be less Government interference with business.

The said United States Fuel Administration is hereby authorized to procure information in reference to the business of coal and coke producers and distributors in the manner provided for in Sections 6 and 9 of the Act of Congress approved…

In my opinion the legislation proposed is not in the public interest and is objectionable.

If there ever was a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed.