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Teddy Roosevelt: “There must be vested in the Federal Government a full power of supervision and control over the railways doing…”

On the recordMay 29, 1907
There must be vested in the Federal Government a full power of supervision and control over the railways doing interstate business.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Memorial Day Address at Indianapolis, Indiana

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