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Eisenhower: “I believe that it is a vital responsibility of the Federal Government to gather and disseminate accurate, timely…”

On the recordJune 30, 1955
I believe that it is a vital responsibility of the Federal Government to gather and disseminate accurate, timely, comprehensive, and useful economic information, so that producers and consumers, buyers and sellers may have available to them the maximum amount of economic knowledge.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Veto of Bill To Prohibit Publication by the Government of the United States of Predictions as to Apple Prices

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