“There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.” IfsMovingInterestSubjectsDevelopmentCongressDeeperTerritoryProposeAlaskaRecommendations Book:The Collected Works of William Howard Taft: Presidential addresses and state papers Source: The Collected Works of William Howard Taft: Presidential addresses and state papers
“I hope a start at getting some oil out of the enormous Alaska field isn't indefinitely mired in a bureaucratic morass as a result of our national concern for the ecology. This concern must not be so misguided, misdirected, misused that it serves to stop economic growth, to bankrupt companies, to stifle new development, new jobs, new horizons. In fighting new pollution and stemming present pollution, exciting, sometimes costly means and methods exist and others will evolve. But blanket legislative naysaying to expanding power and energy sources is stupid, self-defeating.” MeanSelfSometimesJobsFightingEnergyGrowthNatureResultsCompanyEconomicStupidFieldsSourceDevelopmentConcernExcitingMethodOilEnormousEvolveHorizonPollutionEcologyExpandingEconomic GrowthBlanketAlaskaMisguidedNew JobEnergy SourcesMisusedNew Horizons Author:Malcolm Forbes