Apr 1, 1917
Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
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Apr 1, 1917
This order is issued solely because of the present international situation and will be withdrawn when the emergency is past.
Mar 30, 1917
Hereafter when a vacancy occurs in the position of postmaster of any office of the first, second, or third class as the result of death, resignation, removal, or, on the recommendation of the First Assistant Postmaster General, approved by…
Mar 30, 1917
No person who has passed his sixty-fifth birthday shall be given the examination herein provided for.
Mar 20, 1917
By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress do hereby prescribe, proclaim and make known that the agricultural entries heretofore allowed for said coal lands classified and appraised as aforesaid…
Mar 20, 1917
The boundaries of the Crook National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof and to exclude the areas indicated thereon as eliminations
Mar 20, 1917
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to make and prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry this proclamation into full force and effect.
Mar 20, 1917
It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands situated in the State of New Mexico, excepting any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States, or to which valid legal rights have attached, be, and the…
Mar 20, 1917
The remainder of the excluded lands, subject to valid rights, existing withdrawals and the provisions hereof, shall be open to settlement and disposition under any public land laws applicable thereto at and after, but not before, nine…
Mar 20, 1917
It appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain lands to the Crook National Forest
Mar 15, 1917
I feel confident that the people of the United States will be moved to aid these people stricken by war, famine and disease;
Mar 4, 1917
We have been deeply wronged upon the seas, but we have not wished to wrong or injure in return; have retained throughout the consciousness of standing in some sort apart.
Mar 4, 1917
It is time rather to speak our thoughts and purposes concerning the present and the immediate future.
Mar 4, 1917
It speaks for itself and will be of increasing influence as the years go by.
Mar 4, 1917
We are to beware of all men who would turn the tasks and the necessities of the nation to their own private profit or use them for the building up of private power.
Mar 4, 1917
The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled, and we shall walk with the light all about us if we be but true to ourselves.
Feb 25, 1917
We must defend our commerce and the lives of our people in the midst of the present trying circumstances, with discretion but with clear and steadfast purpose.
Feb 25, 1917
I cannot imagine any man with American principles at his heart hesitating to defend these things.
Feb 25, 1917
I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able.
Feb 22, 1917
Public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at twelve o'clock on the fifth day of March next to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive
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