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Woodrow Wilson: Hitherto we have generously kept our doors open to all who were not unfitted by reason of disease or incapacity for…

On the recordJanuary 27, 1915
Hitherto we have generously kept our doors open to all who were not unfitted by reason of disease or incapacity for self-support or such personal records and antecedents as were likely to make them a menace to our peace and order or to the wholesome and essential relationships of life.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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