Woodrow Wilson: “Liberty is often a fierce and intractable thing, to which no bounds can be set, and to which no bounds of a few men's…”

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.

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.

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

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