23 St. 23 Min, 21 Aug 1909 Jahr - Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

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This was where Richard A. Ballinger, the secretary of the interior for Taft, would allow the purchase of a million acres of public land in Alaska. As a result, Gifford Pinchot, head of the Forest Service, would be enraged and publicly accuse Ballinger. Taft would later investigate and fire him.

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