We have just had an experience in building $3,500,000,000 worth of ships on which we lost over $3,000,000,000.
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
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Excerpts of the President's News Conference in Rapid City, South Dakota
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