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On the recordFebruary 17, 1949
So it is as necessary for you to assist the Government as represented by your President, and Congress and the Governors and the State legislators to maintain that Government, and see that it maintains the solvency that is necessary for its continuance, as it is for me as President to try to maintain it now in this troubled world.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to Officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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