Harry Truman actually said...

One of them is the Fair Labor Standards Act which, for the first time in our history, set a floor under wages in the form of a minimum wage.

Address at the Armory, Akron, Ohio

10/10/1948

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The principles for which we are fighting are just as old as the Constitution of the United States, and just as new as the Democratic Platfor...

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That's about all I can say.

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