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Woodrow Wilson: “I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1919
I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution and Act of Congress
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1530—Declaring Unlawful the Exportation to Mexico of Arms or Munitions of War

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