A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 18Bureau of national literature, Incorporated, 1917 - Presidents |
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Page 7745
... Neutrality Proclamation , with Signature of Secretary Bryan 7973 Last Trip of the Lusitania 8062 Views of the Completed Panama Canal 8088 Wilson Reading Message on Preparedness 8100 raw wool , imposed in the bill now submitted to 317578.
... Neutrality Proclamation , with Signature of Secretary Bryan 7973 Last Trip of the Lusitania 8062 Views of the Completed Panama Canal 8088 Wilson Reading Message on Preparedness 8100 raw wool , imposed in the bill now submitted to 317578.
Page 7758
... Panama Canal Act . ] THE WHITE HOUSE , August 24 , 1912 . In signing the Panama Canal bill , I wish to leave this memorandum . The bill is admirably drawn for the purpose of securing the proper maintenance , operation , and control of ...
... Panama Canal Act . ] THE WHITE HOUSE , August 24 , 1912 . In signing the Panama Canal bill , I wish to leave this memorandum . The bill is admirably drawn for the purpose of securing the proper maintenance , operation , and control of ...
Page 7759
... Panama Canal is being constructed by the United States wholly at its own cost , upon territory ceded to it by the Republic of Panama for that purpose , and that , unless it has restricted itself , the United States enjoys absolute ...
... Panama Canal is being constructed by the United States wholly at its own cost , upon territory ceded to it by the Republic of Panama for that purpose , and that , unless it has restricted itself , the United States enjoys absolute ...
Page 7762
... Panama Canal with which such railroad or other carrier does or may compete for traffic . I have twice recommended such restriction as to the Panama Canal . It was urged upon me that the Interstate Commerce Commission might control the ...
... Panama Canal with which such railroad or other carrier does or may compete for traffic . I have twice recommended such restriction as to the Panama Canal . It was urged upon me that the Interstate Commerce Commission might control the ...
Page 7765
... Act of Congress , approved August twenty - fourth , nineteen hundred and twelve , to provide for the opening , maintenance , protection and ope tion of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government William Howard Taft 7765.
... Act of Congress , approved August twenty - fourth , nineteen hundred and twelve , to provide for the opening , maintenance , protection and ope tion of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government William Howard Taft 7765.
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Page 7898 - Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas...
Page 7986 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 7901 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be...
Page 8063 - It understands it, also, to accept as established beyond question the principle that the lives of non-combatants cannot lawfully or rightfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of an unresisting merchantman, and to recognize the obligation to take sufficient precaution to ascertain whether a suspected merchantman is in fact of belligerent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband of war under a neutral flag.
Page 7876 - State, in the manner and to the extent and for the purposes prescribed by any treaty now existing between the government of the United States and the nation or country of which such members or stockholders are citizens or subjects, and not otherwise, and may in addition thereto lease lands in this State for agricultural purposes for a term not exceeding three years.
Page 7929 - President shall prescribe any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.
Page 7830 - Never has a complete description been given of the agencies through which these activities are performed. At no time has the attempt been made to study all of these activities and agencies with a view to the assignment of each activity to the agency best fitted for its performance, to the avoidance of duplication of plant and work, to the integration of all administrative agencies of the government, so far as may be practicable, into a unified organization for the most effective and economical dispatch...
Page 7942 - said my college friend, The Tory member's elder son, 'and there! God bless the narrow sea which keeps her off, And keeps our Britain, whole within herself, A nation yet, the rulers and the ruled — Some sense of duty, something of a faith, Some reverence for the laws ourselves have made, Some patient force to change them when we will, Some civic manhood firm against the crowd — But yonder, whiff!
Page 8098 - In cases where the service of any seaman terminates before the period contemplated in the agreement, by reason of the loss or wreck of the vessel, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such termination, but not for any further period.
Page 7940 - If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same...