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Harry Truman: Ordinarily the President of the United States has an emergency fund for such things as this, but last year that fund was…

On the recordJune 10, 1948
Ordinarily the President of the United States has an emergency fund for such things as this, but last year that fund was eliminated, and it was not renewed again this year.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Oregon

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