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Signs Act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor

President Theodore Roosevelt signed the act establishing the United States Department of Commerce and Labor.

Signs Act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor

The new cabinet department centralized federal oversight of business and labor issues, expanding the federal government's role in economic regulation and laying groundwork for later separation into distinct Commerce and Labor departments.

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