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Eisenhower: “The bill does not identify the persons to whom it would open the doors of the district court.”

On the recordAugust 31, 1954
The bill does not identify the persons to whom it would open the doors of the district court.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Concerning Claims Arising as a Result of Construction of Elephant Butte Dam

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