I haven't very much information about the shipping of Russian gold to the United States.
It would not indicate anything new in the relationship, simply a continuation of what has been going on for a number of years.
It is no different than any other commercial transaction, so far as I know.
Trading has been going on constantly between Russia and the United States.
I suppose this shipment of gold is for that purpose.
I assume that is for the purpose of making payment on goods that have been purchased here.
That makes necessary setting up some method for payment.
There is always danger that the Congress will be too liberal in the matter of appropriations.
Of course, according to my best judgment, there should be added to the sums I have already mentioned $65,000,000 that has been put into the ...
It doubled the appropriation that I proposed for the Shipping Board and I think added $6,000,000 or $8,000,000 to the Army bill, and it is t...
I have understood that there was something of a propaganda under way against any Navy building program.