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Teddy Roosevelt: “Either the Congress should immediately provide for the construction of a Government cable, or else an arrangement should…”

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Either the Congress should immediately provide for the construction of a Government cable, or else an arrangement should be made by which like advantages to those accruing from a Government cable may be secured to the Government by contract with a private cable company.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt proposes that Congress should either build a government cable or contract with a private company for similar benefits.

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