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On the recordMay 17, 1928
This act, in my opinion, is so framed as to undertake to take away and limit the constitutional authority of the President to make appointments.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval a Bill to Provide for the Coordination of Public Health...

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