Bill Taft: “The interests involved are of great importance to the American fishing industry, and the final settlement of the…”

Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the…

The purpose of this exclusion is to restore the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation in all respects to the status existing prior to the said proclamation of March 2, 1909, as though the inclusion of the lands within the Sitgreaves…

Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.

I earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks.