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Eisenhower: “My approval of this bill would establish the undesirable principle of Government underwriting any wartime losses…”

On the recordAugust 30, 1954
My approval of this bill would establish the undesirable principle of Government underwriting any wartime losses incurred by contractors providing goods and services to the Government, regardless of the fact that such contractors did not sustain a net loss.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Memorandum of Disapproval of gill for the Relief of Graphic Arts Corporation.

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