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Calvin Coolidge: It has always been the policy of America to hold that private enemy property should not be confiscated in time of war.

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It has always been the policy of America to hold that private enemy property should not be confiscated in time of war.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge outlines America's policy of not confiscating private enemy property during wartime.

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