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Message on Panama Canal trip reports progress and plans
The president details November visit to the Isthmus of Panama, reviews sanitation, housing, and labor conditions, commends French work, assesses dam and canal sites, notes rising output in the Culebra cut, and defends administration against slander while outlining future construction and staffing plans. He emphasizes merit-based leadership, orderly operation, and the aim for an eight-year completion with modern machinery and diverse labor sources.
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