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Exhibit for the University of Michigan Graduate Library, December 2005

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Sea coasts, lakes, rivers, and harbors are considered crucial to the national defense. Reports from the Secretary of War and Army Corps of Engineers have included drawings of lighthouses and assessments of potential hurricane damage. Document 2685 (51st Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document 56).
The Senate Commerce Committee began hearings on the Titanic on April 19, 1912, just five days after the ocean liner sank in the Atlantic. The purpose was to determine whether regulations on the number of lifeboats, ship size, and ocean routes should be issued. Titanic Disaster: Document 6167 (62nd Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Document 726). Its final report was issued as Document 6127 (62nd Congress, 2nd Session, Report 806)
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