Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
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Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
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The Pinchot–Ballinger controversy, also known as the "Ballinger Affair", was a dispute between middle level officials in the U.S. government regarding whether or not the federal government should allow private corporations to control water rights, or instead cut them off so that the wilderness would be protected from capitalist greed. Between 1909 and 1910, the dispute escalated to a battle between President William Howard Taft and ex-president Theodore Roosevelt. Pinchot and his allies accused
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchot%E2%80%93Ballinger_controversy
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2005-03-11T18:27:18Z
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2024-09-04T20:39:41Z
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