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On the recordDecember 25, 1917
Until and except so far as said Director shall from time to time by general or special orders otherwise provide, the Boards of Directors, Receivers, officers and employees of the various transportation systems shall continue the operation thereof in the usual and ordinary course of the business of common carriers, in the names of their respective companies.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1419—Government Assumption of Control of Transportation Systems

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