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Harry Truman: We should all ponder the following questions: What would it avail the farmer, in the long run, if farm prices should go…

On the recordNovember 16, 1947
We should all ponder the following questions: What would it avail the farmer, in the long run, if farm prices should go substantially higher only to be followed by a disaster such as occurred after the first World War?
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on the First Day of the Special Session

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