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Harry Truman: “Our major effort has been to enlarge the effective field of private enterprise and to give public support only to…”

On the recordOctober 7, 1948
Our major effort has been to enlarge the effective field of private enterprise and to give public support only to housing for those low-income families that private enterprise cannot serve.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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