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On the recordFebruary 27, 1928
It would not be difficult to show that the present status of Porto Rico is far more liberal than any status of its entire history
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Letter to the Hon. Horace M. Towner, Governor of Porto Rico, on the Status of Porto Rico

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