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Calvin Coolidge: “I think that hereafter if it is agreeable to the press we will call this con-ference at 11:30 instead of quarter to…”

On the recordJune 30, 1927
I think that hereafter if it is agreeable to the press we will call this con-ference at 11:30 instead of quarter to twelve, and that will give me a little more opportunity to get home for lunch.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference in Rapid City, South Dakota

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