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On the recordJune 22, 1947
I ask that the Senate give its advice and consent, subject to appropriate definitions in certain cases as indicated in the enclosed communications, to ratification of the following Conventions:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Senate Transmitting Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labor Conference.

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