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Woodrow Wilson: “I regret that I am not able to see in the condition of the world at large or in the needs of the United States any such…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1921
I regret that I am not able to see in the condition of the world at large or in the needs of the United States any such change as would justify the restriction upon that minimum which is proposed by the House Joint Resolution.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.J. Res. 440 Directing Reduction of Enlisted Men in Army...

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