Calvin Coolidge actually said...

If the War Department be precluded from using these reserve supplies and equipment in case of actual and imperative call, its effectiveness as an agency to relieve distress is diminished.

Context

Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.R. 7752, A Bill to Limit the Issue of Reserve Supplies...

05/16/1928

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