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On the recordJuly 17, 1947
Maintaining the integrity of this debt is one of the primary obligations of the Government.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Veto of Second Bill To Reduce Income Taxes.

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Dec 10, 1952

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

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Nov 24, 1952

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:

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Dec 10, 1952

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

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