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Calvin Coolidge: That was provided for by the legislature in the last session and all I did was to issue an executive order carrying out…

On the recordJuly 20, 1925
That was provided for by the legislature in the last session and all I did was to issue an executive order carrying out the terms of the legislation.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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