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Harry Truman: “The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1953
The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President, American Federation of Government Employees, on the 70th Anniversary of the Merit System.

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