Excerpts of the President's News Conference
02/14/1924
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In that direction I think our commercial welfare lies to a good deal of an extent.
It is especially desirable from every point of view of which I can think.
It is desirable in the first place to maintain the most friendly relations between North and South America.
I don't know just how far I can go hereafter in giving out any information about the oil lease cases.