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Harry Truman: Such special treatment is obviously contradictory to the spirit and intent of the constitutional and legislative…

On the recordAugust 10, 1950
Such special treatment is obviously contradictory to the spirit and intent of the constitutional and legislative requirements which provide for the seventeenth decennial census.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Veto of Bill Relating to the Census in South Parkersburg, West Virginia.

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