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Harry Truman: Let's wait and see how the thing works out, then the question will answer itself as we go along.

On the recordApril 27, 1949
Let's wait and see how the thing works out, then the question will answer itself as we go along.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference

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