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66 [About to respond but controls himself and sitting in chair  of small table ] Gentlemen, I am at your service.

[Seated again in chair between tables.] You know that the Residence Bill must be voted on without further delay.

I understand that immediate decision is necessary.

I will not disguise from you that I consider the geographical position of the Capital a very vital matter.

Undoubtedly.

And we do not underrate your influence, not only with the President but with Congress, in arriving at a decision.

That decision, gentlemen, is a very grave and serious matter.

It certainly is.