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Calvin Coolidge: “I can not approve the principle of authorizing an appropriation for national defense unless the sums appropriated are to…”

On the recordApril 27, 1928
I can not approve the principle of authorizing an appropriation for national defense unless the sums appropriated are to be expended under the immediate direction and supervision of those charged with the defense plans of the Nation.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.R. 8550, A Bill to Amend Section 133 of the National...

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