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Woodrow Wilson: “It is ordered by virtue of authority vested in me by the Act to Regulate Radio Communication, approved August 13, 1912…”

On the recordApril 5, 1917
It is ordered by virtue of authority vested in me by the Act to Regulate Radio Communication, approved August 13, 1912, that such radio stations within the jurisdiction of the United States as are required for naval communications shall be taken over by the Government of the United States and used and controlled by it, to the exclusion of any other control or use;
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 2585—Taking Over Necessary and Closing Unnecessary Radio Stations

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