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Harry Truman: I recommend as one of the first steps that legislation be enacted by the Congress to place the Post Office Department…

On the recordJune 23, 1949
I recommend as one of the first steps that legislation be enacted by the Congress to place the Post Office Department under the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 so that it will have the benefit of the business-type budget, audit and accounting procedures prescribed by that Act.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Recommending Further Reorganization of the Post Office Department.

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