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On the recordFebruary 9, 1925
No, I don't think the views of Mr. Hearst and Mr. Sykes, of Iowa, who came in this morning relative to the appointment of a new Secretary of Agriculture, caused any delay, because I found they were in practical harmony with my own views.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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