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On the recordSeptember 12, 1909
In my judgment, he is the best friend of the policy of conservation of natural resources who insists that every step taken in that direction should be within the law and buttressed by legal authority.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Letter to Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger on Coal Land Claims in Alaska

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