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Harry Truman: Were I to approve S. 41, the precedent established would give rise to innumerable petitions for similar special relief…

On the recordJuly 4, 1949
Were I to approve S. 41, the precedent established would give rise to innumerable petitions for similar special relief of many other communities affected by the location therein of Federal real estate.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Veto of Bill for the Relief of the City of Reno, Nevada

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