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Bill Taft: “I believe that no substantial approved public opinion in the United States or in Porto Rico contemplates statehood for…”

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I believe that no substantial approved public opinion in the United States or in Porto Rico contemplates statehood for the island as the ultimate form of relations between us.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft believes that neither the U.S. nor Porto Ricans envision statehood as the final relationship.

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