10/29/1951
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"Over the last 5 years we have operated the Government with a surplus--a surplus of nearly $8 billion altogether."
"If people couldn't blow off steam that way sometimes, they might explode."
"The things I have mentioned add up to more than $60 billion out of the total estimated expenditures of $68 billion."
"I believe in operating the Government's finances on a sound basis."