Harry Truman: “The economic life of the stricken area must be restored without delay.”

On the recordJuly 18, 1951

The economic life of the stricken area must be restored without delay.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, on Federal Activities in the Flood Disaster Areas.

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