There is no difference between the reasons which call for the application of the leasing system to the coal lands still retained by the Government in the United States proper and those which exist in Alaska.
Bill Taft: “There is no difference between the reasons which call for the application of the leasing system to the coal lands still…”
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Message to the Congress Concerning the Work of the Interior Department and Other Matters
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