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Calvin Coolidge: “A good deal of the power I judge would be used to pump the water over the hill to Southern California and some method…”

On the recordMay 3, 1928
A good deal of the power I judge would be used to pump the water over the hill to Southern California and some method ought to be devised that will meet the objections of those that do not wish the United States Government to go into the power business.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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