Harry Truman actually said...

If those effects prove to be detrimental to the maintenance of fair labor standards for our workers, I shall request the Congress to take prompt remedial action.

Context

Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing the Portal-to-Portal Act.

05/13/1947

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