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Harry Truman: “They are going to be made, or we'll break somebody's neck.”

On the recordAugust 1, 1946
They are going to be made, or we'll break somebody's neck.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

The President's News Conference on the Review of the 1947 Budget

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