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Teddy Roosevelt: “Exactly as the workingman is entitled to his wages, so he should be entitled to indemnity for the injuries sustained in…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1908
Exactly as the workingman is entitled to his wages, so he should be entitled to indemnity for the injuries sustained in the natural course of his labor.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Message to Congress on Worker's Compensation

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