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Calvin Coolidge: The conservation of man power and material wealth from such destruction is a challenge to the progress of our…

On the recordSeptember 20, 1926
The conservation of man power and material wealth from such destruction is a challenge to the progress of our civilization.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Proclamation—Fire Prevention Week—1926

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