One of the chief features of this control should be securing entire publicity in all matters which the public has a right to know, and furthermore, the power, not by judicial but by executive action, to prevent or put a stop to every form of improper favoritism or other wrongdoing.
Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of transparency and executive power to prevent favoritism in business.
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