President. the more direful will become our situation and the longer it will take us to extricate ourselves from the mire in which we have sunk. with our industries verging on the brink of bankruptcy. I make this statement advisedly. It applies to our transportation companies. to our banking institutions. and to every industrial group under the American flag today. whether it be industries manufacturing finished products or those producing raw materials. I appeal to the Congress of the United States to forget politics. partisanship. and to do that which has always been foremost and uppermost in the minds of the European and Asiatic. namely. the protection of their toilers and the preservation of the fundamental elements necessary to a stable Government. regardless of the effect on others. Mr. President.