Woodrow Wilson: “After all, when we are seeking peace, we are seeking nothing else than this, that men shall think the same thoughts.”

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.

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

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…