On the recordJanuary 30, 1947
It is unsettling, both for business and for the general public, to be obliged to wait until the last possible moment for decision by the Congress on emergency legislation.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt is unsettling, both for business and for the general public, to be obliged to wait until the last possible moment for decision by the Congress on emergency legislation.
Special Message to the Congress on Extension of the Second War Powers Act.
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