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Harry Truman: “The dangers confronting our national safety and economic stability have in no sense diminished, and that consequently…”

On the recordJune 22, 1951
The dangers confronting our national safety and economic stability have in no sense diminished, and that consequently the Congress should as rapidly as possible complete consideration of and take action upon pending legislation relating to the national emergency.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Report of the National Advisory Board on...

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