There is no doubt but that a commission could be appointed of such unprejudiced and impartial persons, experts in investigation of economic facts, that a great deal of very valuable light could be shed upon the reasons for the high prices that have so distressed the people of the world.
Message to the Congress Concerning the Work of the Interior Department and Other Matters
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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.\
The Navy Department has no objection to the proposed salvage operations, but the Department of State holds the view that these wrecks are public property of the United States, which may be alienated only by an act of Congress or by a convention having the force of law.
This would impose a heavy burden on the administrative branch of the Government, create disastrous uncertainty in commercial circles, and lead to a burdensome amount of litigation.
It is hereby ordered that the following described lands in New Mexico, namely, T. 16 N., R. 1 E., New Mexico principal meridian, excepting any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States Government, or to which valid legal rights have attached, be, and the same are, hereby withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as a reservation for the use and benefit of the Indians of the Jemez Pueblo.
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