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Harry Truman: I have just finished vetoing a bill which was intended to emasculate the Labor Department, and the Congress has just…

On the recordJune 16, 1948
I have just finished vetoing a bill which was intended to emasculate the Labor Department, and the Congress has just passed it over my veto.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform Remarks in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio

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