"Probably very little."
"Our national currency must be maintained as a sound currency which, insofar as possible, will have a fairly constant standard of purchasing power."
"It is right or proper that a handful of people... should have the right, without check, at their own sweet will, to dump Government bonds into the market?"
"The issuance and control of the medium of exchange which we call 'money' is a high prerogative of government."
"All this is in confidence until the message is released and nothing is to be said in advance of the release."
"The bill makes it between 50 and 60."
"I am satisfied that the treaty contains adequate provision for the needs of the Chicago Drainage District and for navigation between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River."
"There are two main considerations, navigation and power."
"It is, I believe, a historic fact that every great improvement directed to better commercial communications... have all been subjected to opposition on the part of local interests."
"I am convinced that the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway will not injure the railroads or throw their employees out of work."
"The result of providing a bond on which both the principal and interest are guaranteed would be to put such bonds on a par with Treasury securities."
"We should supplement what most of us frankly believe to be the moral responsibility of the Government by adding the necessary legal responsibility."