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Letter to Richard A. Ballinger Accepting His Resignation as Secretary of the Interior

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Aug 3, 1911

With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of the treaty, I transmit herewith an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain on August 3, 1911.

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Aug 16, 1911

Certainly we should proceed prudently in dealing with them upon the basis of ascertained facts rather than hastily and without knowledge to make a reduction of the tariff to satisfy a popular desire.

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Aug 14, 1911

In other words, the resolution approves the admission of Arizona with the judicial recall, unless the voters themselves repudiate it.

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Aug 20, 1911

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…

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