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On the recordMarch 2, 1921
We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.R. 15275, an Act Imposing Temporary Duties Upon Certain...

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