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On the recordJanuary 6, 1919
As President he awoke the Nation to the dangers of private control which lurked in our financial and industrial systems.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1506-B—Announcing the Death of Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt

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