Harry Truman: “We can and we should provide a businesslike system of insurance to…”

On the recordMay 4, 1952

We can and we should provide a businesslike system of insurance to finance the restoration of such losses.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Proposed Legislation on a National System of flood Disaster Insurance.

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Harry Truman: “We can and we should provide a businesslike system of insurance to finance the restoration of such losses.”