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Harry Truman: I have today approved H.R. 4583, relating to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire for Members of the House of…

On the recordJune 22, 1949
I have today approved H.R. 4583, relating to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on the Need for Raising the Salaries of Federal Executives.

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