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Taft Urges Wide Panama Canal Policy Across Congress
President Taft delivers the longest message to Congress, urging rapid completion and fortification of the Panama Canal, expansion of merchant marine, postal savings bank and parcels post, and higher judicial salaries. He reviews tariffs, tariff board, coast defenses, and calls for army expansion, militia efficiency, and a national policy for naval and commercial strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Postal Savings Bank
Parcels Post
Peary
United States
Dominion of Canada
Department of State
Congress
Treasury
Revenue Cutter Service
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
Tariff Board
Tariff Commission
Goethals
Suez Canal
Tropics
Canal
Panama
Post Office Department
Department