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Harry Truman: It is imperative that the Labor Department be strengthened and restored to its original position as the central agency…

On the recordJune 19, 1949
It is imperative that the Labor Department be strengthened and restored to its original position as the central agency of the Government for dealing with labor problems.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 2 of 1949: Bureau of Employment Security.

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