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Harry Truman: “This plan will enable the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to bring about a basic simplification and…”

On the recordApril 30, 1952
This plan will enable the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to bring about a basic simplification and improvement of the government of the District of Columbia.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 5 of 1952.

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