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Harry Truman: “This is a vague and general standard and is manifestly neither adequate nor appropriate as a criterion for waiving the…”

On the recordJune 11, 1948
This is a vague and general standard and is manifestly neither adequate nor appropriate as a criterion for waiving the protection afforded the public by the antitrust laws.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Veto of Bill To Exempt Certain Carriers in Interstate Commerce From the Antitrust Laws

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