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Teddy Roosevelt: “I renew my previous recommendation that the Congress favorably consider the matter of creating the machinery for…”

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I renew my previous recommendation that the Congress favorably consider the matter of creating the machinery for compulsory investigation of such industrial controversies as are of sufficient magnitude and of sufficient concern to the people of the country as a whole to warrant the Federal Government in taking action.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for federal investigation into significant industrial disputes to protect public interest.

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