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On the recordJanuary 29, 1905
I deem the matter of sufficient general importance to recommend that the Director of the Census be authorized by appropriate legislation to collect and publish statistics pertaining to that subject covering the period from 1886 to the present time.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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