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On the recordAugust 31, 1954
It seemed to me irrelevant and unwise to accept as justification for that bill the fact that the ineligible beneficiary could at the time of the message qualify as a beneficiary under existing law which was not made retroactive.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill for the Relief of Raleigh Hill

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