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Calvin Coolidge: It would be a positive step in the right direction, which is much needed at this time to justify the confidence of the…

On the recordMarch 10, 1924
It would be a positive step in the right direction, which is much needed at this time to justify the confidence of the people that the Government is intent solely on the promotion of the public welfare, without regard to any collateral objects.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Special Message to Congress Urging a Twenty-five Per Cent Reduction in Taxes

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