Excerpts of the President's News Conference
01/28/1924
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While efforts should be made constantly to reduce fire destruction to a minimum, in pursuance of a well established precedent, one week is s...
Unquestionably this is a most important means of attacking fire waste.
This may well be the starting point for a continuous fire prevention program extending over the entire country.
The conservation of man power and material wealth from such destruction is a challenge to the progress of our civilization.