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Calvin Coolidge: “I expected to have an opportunity to confer with some members of the committee, but apparently they hurried the…”

On the recordMay 3, 1928
I expected to have an opportunity to confer with some members of the committee, but apparently they hurried the conference to an end and filed their report without giving me any opportunity to see what they were doing or to indicate whether their actions would meet with my approval.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference

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