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Harry Truman: “While I would not object to a measure which would merely permit Sedgwick County to secure a judicial determination in…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 1950
While I would not object to a measure which would merely permit Sedgwick County to secure a judicial determination in the Court of Claims of the question as to whether the tax assessed against the property involved was lawful, without creating any new cause of action, I cannot approve a measure which would permit recovery of penalties and interest against the United States
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to a Claim of the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas.

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