Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 28, 1949
The excess-land provisions of the law provide the legal mechanism for assuring that the benefits of the irrigation systems will inure to family-size farming enterprises.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to the San Luis Valley Project, Colorado.

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