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Bill Taft: I am in full sympathy with the concern of reasonable and patriotic men that the valuable resources of Alaska should not…

On the recordJuly 25, 1911
I am in full sympathy with the concern of reasonable and patriotic men that the valuable resources of Alaska should not be turned over to be exploited for the profit of greedy, absorbing, and monopolistic corporations or syndicates.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the Senate Explaining the Administration's Reasons for Eliminating from the Chugach National Forest of...

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