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Teddy Roosevelt: “This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1909
This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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