A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1922, Volume 15Bureau of national literature and art, 1917 - Presidents |
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Page 7123
... construction of the law . These changes of regulations were adapted to the removal of such manifest abuses that I have not felt that they ought to be confined to our relations with Germany ; and I have extended their operation to all ...
... construction of the law . These changes of regulations were adapted to the removal of such manifest abuses that I have not felt that they ought to be confined to our relations with Germany ; and I have extended their operation to all ...
Page 7147
... construction of one battle ship a year would keep our Navy up to its then posi- tive and relative strength . But actual experience showed not merely that it was impossible to obtain such an agreement for the limitation of armaments ...
... construction of one battle ship a year would keep our Navy up to its then posi- tive and relative strength . But actual experience showed not merely that it was impossible to obtain such an agreement for the limitation of armaments ...
Page 7151
... my veto message of April 13 , 1908 , returning House bill 15444 , to extend the time for the construction of a dam across Rainy River , I said : We are now at the beginning of great development in Theodore Roosevelt 7151.
... my veto message of April 13 , 1908 , returning House bill 15444 , to extend the time for the construction of a dam across Rainy River , I said : We are now at the beginning of great development in Theodore Roosevelt 7151.
Page 7152
... construction of such dams . " Their report set forth an elaborate legal argument intended to show that the Federal Government has no power to impose any charge whatever for such a privilege . The fact that the proposed policy is new is ...
... construction of such dams . " Their report set forth an elaborate legal argument intended to show that the Federal Government has no power to impose any charge whatever for such a privilege . The fact that the proposed policy is new is ...
Page 7157
... construction of dams in navigable waters , which authorizes the imposing of " such conditions and stipu- lations as the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War may deem necessary to protect the present and future interests of the ...
... construction of dams in navigable waters , which authorizes the imposing of " such conditions and stipu- lations as the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War may deem necessary to protect the present and future interests of the ...
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Page 7135 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 7136 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Page 7537 - An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and state government and be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the original states; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and state government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states" approved June twentieth, nineteen hundred and ten, it is hereby provided: Section 1.
Page 7205 - Meyer, of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 7338 - Bureau shall investigate and report * * * upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people...
Page 7171 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by...
Page 7136 - The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that, contrary to the order of human events, they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lust, by the reputation of weakness.
Page 7211 - ... for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 7577 - To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification...
Page 7459 - The convention providing for the settlement of international differences between the United States and Canada, including the apportionment between the two countries of certain of the boundary waters and the appointment of commissioners to adjust certain other questions...