The repeal of war-time legislation and the automatic expirations which attended the peace proclamations have put an end to these emergency excesses but I have the wish to go further than that.
Warren G. Harding: “The repeal of war-time legislation and the automatic expirations which attended the peace proclamations have put an end…”
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Harding advocates for further action beyond the repeal of wartime legislation to ensure government accountability.
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