04/05/1917
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"(2) to surrender to said corporation for cancellation Three Million Five Hundred Thousand shares of stock of said corporation, of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each, held by the United S..."
"That the United States Grain Corporation reduce its outstanding capital stock from Five Hundred Million Dollars to One Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars, and decrease its authorized capital stock acco..."
"(4) to do any and all other things necessary or appropriate in the premises."
"I am returning the bill at the earliest possible moment with the hope that the Congress may find time before adjournment to remedy this defect."