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The United States can not with good grace invite foreign governments to erect buildings and make expensive exhibits while itself refusing to participate.
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gutenberg.orgBill Taft: “The United States can not with good grace invite foreign governments to erect buildings and make expensive exhibits…”
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Taft argues that the U.S. must participate in the exposition to maintain credibility when inviting other nations.
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