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Roosevelt Panama Canal Plan Outlined In Special Message
President Roosevelt describes his November visit to the Isthmus of Panama and Panama and Colon, praising the French canal work, criticizing impatience, and detailing sanitation, housing, labor, and city improvements. He notes mosquito control, water supply, and wage observations, and defends progress amid criticism.
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