Harry Truman: “While the mining industry differs in many respects from other…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1949

While the mining industry differs in many respects from other industries, I find no valid basis for the discrimination proposed by H.R. 834.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Veto of Bill To Amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944.

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