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Harry Truman: That freedom is given to permit the flexibility and latitude needed in present day activities.

On the recordJune 29, 1949
That freedom is given to permit the flexibility and latitude needed in present day activities.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to Jess Larson on the Signing of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

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