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On the recordFebruary 16, 1928
It doubled the appropriation that I proposed for the Shipping Board and I think added $6,000,000 or $8,000,000 to the Army bill, and it is true that if it goes on at that rate there won't be any surplus with which to meet tax reduction.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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