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On the recordApril 5, 1927
I return without my approval, 'An Act to Hold a Plebiscite of the People of the Philippine Islands on the Question of Philippine Independence.'
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Message to the Governor of the Philippine Islands Returning Without Approval an Act to Hold a Plebiscite in Philippine...

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