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of an adverse decision I suppose.
They did that before for a while
we hope it can't be for long --- because
now that a Republican Congress
is in power we believe they
will make a stand for the rights
of those people who are legally
entitled, to a title to their oil-
land. You know Sec Daniels
has tried to hold all [underlined] of Naval
Reserve No 2 --- for use by
Government --- but some of that
belongs to private individuals