William Taft actually said...

Every fibre of my nature rebels against such hypocrisy and nerves me to fight such a combination and such methods to the bitter end, lest su...

by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the convenin...

to the end that they may consider and determine whether the Congress shall, by the necessary legislation, make operative the agreement

I recommend the approval of the same by the Congress.