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Harry Truman: “I want to call to the attention of the Senate the serious implications of two of the proposed amendments in this…”

On the recordMay 28, 1952
I want to call to the attention of the Senate the serious implications of two of the proposed amendments in this bill--one dealing with the Wage Stabilization Board and the other with the Walsh-Healey Act.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate on Proposed Amendments to the Defense Production Act.

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