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Woodrow Wilson: A duty faces us with regard to Alaska which seems to me very pressing and very imperative; perhaps I should say a double…

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A duty faces us with regard to Alaska which seems to me very pressing and very imperative; perhaps I should say a double duty, for it concerns both the political and the material development of the Territory.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson discusses the urgent responsibilities regarding the political and material development of Alaska.

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