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Harry Truman: “It is a terrible and shocking thing that the real estate lobby--which pretends to speak for those whose business is…”

On the recordMarch 20, 1949
It is a terrible and shocking thing that the real estate lobby--which pretends to speak for those whose business is providing houses--has become the real enemy of the American home.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address Before the United States Conference of Mayors.

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