The matter is therefore submitted to the Congress in accordance with the recommendation of the Acting Secretary of State, with a view to its considering whether the President shall be authorized to relinquish to Cuba all right and claim of right of the United States to these wrecks.
Message to the Congress Regarding Salvage of Wrecks of Spanish Battleships in Cuban Waters
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I can not make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way.
Another clause that calls for comment is in the leather paragraph, which reads as follows: \Leather cut into shoe uppers or vamps or other forms suitable for conversion into manufactured articles.\
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