02/23/1919
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"We admire physical courage, but we admire above all things else moral courage."
"The committee is authorized to spend such sums as may be available for printing, postage, correspondence, employment of clerks, and other necessary expenses connected with formally and officially open..."
"Honorable Richard L. Metcalfe shall be Vice-Chairman."
"Colonel George W. Goethals, now Governor of the Panama Canal, shall be Chairman of this committee."