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Harry Truman: Our aim has been to expand coverage of social insurance and gradually reduce the need for supplementary public…

On the recordJuly 17, 1951
Our aim has been to expand coverage of social insurance and gradually reduce the need for supplementary public assistance programs.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate on a Pending Bill To Increase Public Assistance Payments.

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