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Woodrow Wilson: I have been obliged to balance one set of disadvantages against another and to venture a judgment as to which were the…

On the recordAugust 14, 1919
I have been obliged to balance one set of disadvantages against another and to venture a judgment as to which were the more serious for the country.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval 'An Act for the Repeal of the Daylight-Saving Law...'

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