11/15/1903
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"With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally."
"The policy of conservation is perhaps the most typical example of the general policies which this Government has made peculiarly its own during the opening years of the present century."
"The chief argument in favor of the provision was that the Congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated by Secret Service men."
"I did not make any such statement in this message."