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Harry Truman: I request advice and consent to ratification of Convention (No. 72) concerning vacation holidays with pay for seafarers…

On the recordJune 22, 1947
I request advice and consent to ratification of Convention (No. 72) concerning vacation holidays with pay for seafarers only in the event that the conditions explained in the accompanying report of the Secretary of State have been met.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Senate Transmitting Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labor Conference.

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