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Roosevelt endorses Panama canal plan and progress
President Roosevelt delivers a special message praising sanitation and progress in the Panama Canal project. He commends the French contribution, discusses labor and wage issues, Chinese and West Indian workers, and the shift to contract work, while defending the commission against slander and outlining future steps and goals.
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Congress
Panama Canal
Senate
House of Representaves
Panama
Canal Zone
Colon
United States
Canal Company
Culebra
Nicaragua
Darien
West Indies
W. C. Gorgas
Marine Hospital Service
Health Department
Col. Waring
New York
Isthmus
Secretary of War
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Hill
Taft
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