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Woodrow Wilson: To assume control of the vast railway systems of the country is, I realize, a very great responsibility.

On the recordJanuary 3, 1918
To assume control of the vast railway systems of the country is, I realize, a very great responsibility.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Government Administration of Railways

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