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Harry Truman: I said in 1948 that the 80th Congress stuck a pitchfork in the farmer's back by crippling the grain storage program.

On the recordSeptember 28, 1952
I said in 1948 that the 80th Congress stuck a pitchfork in the farmer's back by crippling the grain storage program.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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A Recorded Interview With the President.

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