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Harry Truman: No business concern or private organization would even attempt to hire top-flight executives or advisors at the level of…

On the recordJune 11, 1945
No business concern or private organization would even attempt to hire top-flight executives or advisors at the level of salaries which presently prevails in the American Congress.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the Salaries of Members of...

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