Charles D. Walcott to President Woodrow Wilson, November 26, 1917

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Smithsonian Secretary Charles D. Walcott writes in response to President Woodrow Wilson's request to use all of the Smithsonian's Natural History Building for the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Secretary Walcott enumerates all of the delays and difficulties in making space available and offers other suggestions, such as building temporary quarters on Smithsonian grounds.

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