Woodrow Wilson actually said...

All foreign-built ships which shall be admitted to United States registry under said Act may retain the watch officers employed thereon, without regard to citizenship, for seven years from this date, and such watch officers shall be eligible for promotion

Context

Executive Order 2039—Admitting Foreign-Built Ships to American Registry

09/03/1914

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