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Grover Cleveland: The policy of frequently reversing by special enactment the decisions of the Bureau invested by law with the examination…

On the recordMay 7, 1886
The policy of frequently reversing by special enactment the decisions of the Bureau invested by law with the examination of pension claims is exceedingly questionable.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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