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On the recordJanuary 10, 1911
The results of the opium commission, held at Shanghai last spring at the invitation of the United States, have been laid before the Government.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the Congress Recommending Legislative Action for the Suppression of the Opium Evil

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