I have a good deal of sympathy with them and wish they would do more than they do.

They made some recommendations about legislation.

We are not going to get any farm legislation without opposition, and the opposition will apparently come from the farmer when of course those with experience know very well that it originates with others.

I don't know enough about the details of these bills to discuss the details with any intelligence.

I don't know what the reason for that is.

I don't think there would be anything in those recommendations that are likely to be harmful to the farmer.

I am very glad to hand over to them the work of doing something for the farmer if they will do it, but they haven't been able to accomplish very much, and therefore I was hopeful that this farm conference recommendation would receive…

I don't like constantly to talk about that.

There isn't anything that I can say about our European debts.

It gives the impression abroad that we are trying to coerce them, or something of that kind.

It isn't helpful in our foreign relations, nor is it helpful in securing a state of mind that will result in making payments to us.

Our forests ought to be put to work and kept at work.