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Harry Truman: While this was not the only purpose for which this Commission was created, surely it is one of the most important.

On the recordMay 11, 1951
While this was not the only purpose for which this Commission was created, surely it is one of the most important.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, on the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights.

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