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Calvin Coolidge: While acknowledging the courtesy of the invitation of the League of Nations to attend such a meeting, I do not feel that…

On the recordApril 18, 1926
While acknowledging the courtesy of the invitation of the League of Nations to attend such a meeting, I do not feel that any useful purpose could be served by the designation of a delegate by my Government to attend a Conference for this purpose.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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State Department Message on Reservations of the United States on Joining Permanent Court of International Justice

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