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Eisenhower: “Since the proposed legislation would be discriminatory and would single out a particular taxpayer for relief from the…”

On the recordAugust 31, 1954
Since the proposed legislation would be discriminatory and would single out a particular taxpayer for relief from the statute of limitations without adequate reason therefor, and since it would preclude the Court of Claims from determining the true tax liability, I feel constrained to withhold my approval of S. 3304.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Concerning a Claim of the Cuban-American Sugar Company

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