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Calvin Coolidge: “Nothing in this record indicates that such is the case in relation to Captain Rothwell, and I have therefore reluctantly…”

On the recordMay 13, 1926
Nothing in this record indicates that such is the case in relation to Captain Rothwell, and I have therefore reluctantly come to the conclusion that I must return this act without my approval.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval a Bill Providing for the Re-Appointment of Chester A. Rothwell to Engineers...

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