On the recordJune 28, 1923
If war must come again—God grant that it shall not!—then we must draft all of the nation in carrying on.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIf war must come again—God grant that it shall not!—then we must draft all of the nation in carrying on.
Address in Helena, Montana
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