“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
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On the recordDecember 25, 1917
By subsequent order and proclamation, if and when it shall be found necessary or desirable, possession, control, or operation may be taken of all or any part of such street railway systems, including subways and tunnels; and by subsequent order and proclamation possession, control and operation in whole or in part may also be relinquished to the owners thereof of any part of the railroad systems or rail and water systems, possession and control of which are hereby assumed.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey
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Proclamation 1419—Government Assumption of Control of Transportation Systems

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