Comment

The comment of the press on the message was generally favorable from the President's standpoint. Even in Democratic newspapers the adjective most frequently applied was "unequivocal." There were several outstanding exceptions, however:

"Just about as stimulating as a dish of cambric tea . . . Pious phrases and sympathetic advice to everybody to cease being naughty and all join hands in a real romping game of ring-around-a-rosy."--a Hearst editorial.

"Most colorless document that has issued from the White House in a generation. . . . Apparently his chief purpose was to disclose as little conviction as possible."--The Dayton News (property of James M. Cox).