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Bill Taft: “But it should be remembered that the demand must be, and in the minds of most Porto Ricans is, entirely disassociated…”

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But it should be remembered that the demand must be, and in the minds of most Porto Ricans is, entirely disassociated from any thought of statehood.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft clarifies that the demand for citizenship among Porto Ricans is separate from aspirations for statehood.

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