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Bill Taft: “There is no one with a proper appreciation of our Capital City who would favor a niggardly policy in respect to…”

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There is no one with a proper appreciation of our Capital City who would favor a niggardly policy in respect to expenditures from the National Treasury to add to the attractiveness of this city, which belongs to every citizen of the entire country, and which no citizen visits without a sense of pride of ownership.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft argues against a stingy approach to funding improvements in Washington, emphasizing national pride.

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