Woodrow Wilson

I regard the provision in question as an invasion of the province of the executive and calculated to result in unwarranted interferences in the processes of good government, producing confusion, irritation and distrust.

Without raising any constitutional question, I think that this section, which would give the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing power to exercise censorship over the executive departments, is an encroachment on the functions of the…

I should also call attention to the fact that by its terms the section in question absolutely forbids mimeographing, multigraphing and other duplicating processes in the executive departments (except as permitted by regulations established…

I am returning, without my signature, H.R. 12,610.

I object to and cannot approve Section 8 of the bill.

it is hereby ordered and directed that additional time for the payment of sums now due and unpaid be allowed until the 1921 anniversaries of the dates of the sales and entries

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.

Now therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim

This proclamation shall take effect as from the 2nd day of February, 1920.

Whereas the United States Fuel Administrator by orders dated October 31, 1919, and December 8, 1919, conferred certain powers upon the Director General of Railroads and his representatives, acting by and under his authority, relative to…

The said Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, or his successor in office, is hereby authorized and directed, until otherwise provided by proclamation of the President or by Act of Congress, to do and perform as fully in all…

Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the power and authority so vested in me by said Act, and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby designate and appoint Walker D. Hines…

I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that one of the alternative conditions specified in Section 8 of the Act of March 4, 1909, was fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Sweden on February…

The subjects of Sweden from and after that date shall be entitled to all the benefits of the said Act, and the acts amendatory thereof to and including the Act of Congress of March 28, 1914

The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States, by proclamation made from time to time, as the purposes of this Act may require

Such persons will be permitted to depart upon presentation of a passport issued, renewed, or visaed by a representative of their respective Governments within six months prior to the proposed date of departure, accompanied by a certificate…

Hereafter, persons who by any statute or proclamation may be defined as alien enemies, and who desire to depart by vessel from any port of the United States for any European port, shall not be required to obtain a permit of this Government…

The Government of the United States desires the Japanese Government to know that it regrets the necessity for this decision.

This Government will likewise make know to them the substance of the present communication.

The Government of the United States does not in the least relinquish the deep interest which it feels in the political and economic fate of the people of Siberia.

Not only are the Czecho-Slovak troops now successfully advancing into Eastern Siberia, but an agreement has been effected between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States providing for their repatriation from Vladivostok.

The Government of the United States agrees that for it to send a reinforcement of sufficient strength to act on the offensive in cooperation with anti-Bolshevik forces is impracticable.

The Government of the United States is most appreciative of the friendly spirit which has animated the Government of Japan in this undertaking.

The Government of the United States has decided to begin at once arrangements for the concentration of the American forces at Vladivostok, with a view to their embarkation and departure immediately after the leaving of the first important…

The Government of the United States is impressed with the political instability and grave uncertainties of the present situation in Eastern Siberia.