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Woodrow Wilson: “That act was intended to place the chief business activities of the country as nearly as might be within the limits of…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1919
That act was intended to place the chief business activities of the country as nearly as might be within the limits of daylight throughout the year.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval “An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of...

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