I hope, too, that this conference will serve to expedite your consideration of the treaty of peace.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
I hope that they are considerations which will appeal to the thoughtful judgment of the House and in the long run to the thoughtful judgment of the farmers of the country, who have always shown an admirable public spirit.
I have been obliged to balance one set of disadvantages against another and to venture a judgment as to which were the more serious for the country.
I return this bill, H. R. 3854, 'An Act for the repeal of the daylight-saving law,' without my signature, but do so with the utmost reluctance.
The immediate and pressing need of the country is production, increased and increasing production, in all lines of industry.
These are the considerations which have led me to withhold my signature from this repeal.
By way of immediate relief, surplus stocks of both food and clothing in the hands of the Government will be sold.
They constitute a burden upon us which is the more unbearable because we know that it is wilfully imposed by those who have the power.
Public action will no doubt cause many who have perhaps unwittingly adopted illegal methods to abandon them.





