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Calvin Coolidge: We have just had an experience in building $3,500,000,000 worth of ships on which we lost over $3,000,000,000.

On the recordAugust 18, 1927
We have just had an experience in building $3,500,000,000 worth of ships on which we lost over $3,000,000,000.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference in Rapid City, South Dakota

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