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Harry Truman: “Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the…”

On the recordJune 29, 1952
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual quota of each quota area hereinafter enumerated has been determined in accordance with the law to be, and shall be, as follows:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2980—Immigration Quotas

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