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On the recordSeptember 12, 1946
It took us about 80 years to get a good start and to make it operate, and we are still trying to make it operate efficiently.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at a Meeting With the National Conference of Business Paper Editors

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I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury authority to prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith as may be necessary further to effectuate the provisions of the act of July 17, 1952, or of this order.

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We are grateful for the privileges and rights inherent in our way of life, and in particular for the basic freedoms, which our citizens can enjoy without fear.

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