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Calvin Coolidge: “It is a matter of such imminent importance that I have no hesitation in recommending that the public welfare would be…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1924
It is a matter of such imminent importance that I have no hesitation in recommending that the public welfare would be much advanced by temporarily laying aside all other legislation and enacting a resolution for this purpose, which ought to be by unanimous consent.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Special Message to Congress Urging a Twenty-five Per Cent Reduction in Taxes

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