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Bill Taft: “Moreover, if I were to pass over this matter in silence, it would be most demoralizing to the discipline of the…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1910
Moreover, if I were to pass over this matter in silence, it would be most demoralizing to the discipline of the executive branch of the Government.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Letter to Chief of the United States Forest Service Gifford Pinchot Notifying Him of His Dismissal from Office

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