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Harry Truman: It would be most unfortunate if the final action on these related pieces of legislation should result in any such…

On the recordOctober 11, 1949
It would be most unfortunate if the final action on these related pieces of legislation should result in any such discrepancies.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing Bill To Raise the Pay of Certain Employees of the Veterans Administration.

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