Influenza in Alaska and Porto Rico: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge of Relief in Alaska and Porto Rico, Sixty-Fifth Congress, Third Session (Classic Reprint)
Influenza in Alaska and Porto Rico: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge of Relief in Alaska and Porto Rico, Sixty-Fifth Congress, Third Session (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Influenza in Alaska and Porto Rico: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge of Relief in Alaska and Porto Rico, Sixty-Fifth Congress, Third Session Mr. Riggs. Thirty per cent of a population of 130 natives; that 11 ould be practically about 40. It attacks the natives more violently than the white persons; they simply have no resistant power; and the epidemic Is not over. Mr. Sisson. If we should give you this money, would you be able to get that money into Alaska, or the ...
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Excerpt from Influenza in Alaska and Porto Rico: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge of Relief in Alaska and Porto Rico, Sixty-Fifth Congress, Third Session Mr. Riggs. Thirty per cent of a population of 130 natives; that 11 ould be practically about 40. It attacks the natives more violently than the white persons; they simply have no resistant power; and the epidemic Is not over. Mr. Sisson. If we should give you this money, would you be able to get that money into Alaska, or the supplies into Alaska, earlier than within 60 days? Mr. Riggs. I have done it; I have taken these steps, trusting that Congress would relieve me of the responsibility that I have taken. I simply did it to protect what lives I could and to protect other lives by controlling travel among the Indians and the whites. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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