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Eisenhower: We can no longer afford to continue a costly deficit operation paid for by millions of taxpayers in amounts out of all…

On the recordMay 18, 1955
We can no longer afford to continue a costly deficit operation paid for by millions of taxpayers in amounts out of all proportion to the postal services that they as individuals receive.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Veto of Postal Field Service Compensation Bill

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