09/12/1919
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"I am taking the liberty of returning H.R. 7237, making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and for other purposes, without my signatu..."
"These reasons seeming to me conclusive and compelling, I have not felt the liberty to acquiesce in this feature of the bill, which I herewith return."
"This is an unfounded assumption, because practically all this mail could be handled at less cost and more expeditiously by other means."
"I am convinced there is no moral or legal obligation resting on the, Government to continue the use of these tubes by rental."