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On the recordAugust 31, 1954
Approval of the bill would thus be an open invitation to anyone who believes that he has, at any time over the last 42 years, been injured in his property by the construction of this dam to bring the United States into court, no matter how stale his claim may be.
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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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