Message to Congress
06/22/1902
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The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this army of children no less than in our great material affa...
I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, in virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the sa...
The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.