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Calvin Coolidge: “Not knowing what the purpose was, it is not possible for me to comment on it.”

On the recordAugust 9, 1928
Not knowing what the purpose was, it is not possible for me to comment on it.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference

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