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Woodrow Wilson: “Their release would at least produce one element of a solution, namely certainty and a quick stimulation of private…”

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Their release would at least produce one element of a solution, namely certainty and a quick stimulation of private initiative.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson suggests that releasing railroads could lead to certainty and stimulate private initiative.

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