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Harry Truman: Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the…

On the recordNovember 25, 1951
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the acts specified in the first and ninth recitals of this proclamation, do proclaim as follows:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2954—Terminating in Part Proclamation No. 2761A of December 16, 1947 and Proclamations Supplemental Thereto,...

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