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Harry Truman: Moreover, by reducing the likelihood that the two programs involved will be administered at cross-purposes or in…

On the recordMarch 12, 1950
Moreover, by reducing the likelihood that the two programs involved will be administered at cross-purposes or in conflict with each other, it can be expected that the money expended will achieve greater benefits than would be likely under the present distribution of responsibility.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 17 of 1950.

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