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On the recordMay 21, 1928
It breaches the fundamental principles of our Government to compensate service, not rank.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval a Bill for Retirement of Emergency Officers of the World War

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