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On the recordApril 24, 1935
I therefore commend to the Congress that the bequest of Mr. Justice Holmes be not covered into the general fund of the Treasury.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on the Bequest to the Nation by Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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