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On the recordMay 12, 1920
I regard the provision in question as an invasion of the province of the executive and calculated to result in unwarranted interferences in the processes of good government, producing confusion, irritation and distrust.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.R. 12610 \An Act Making Appropriations for the...\

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