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Harry Truman: It is a plain matter of national self-interest for us to join in its construction.

On the recordJune 30, 1952
It is a plain matter of national self-interest for us to join in its construction.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Regarding the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project.

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