On the recordSeptember 21, 1950
To impose these fruitless burdens upon the FBI would divert it from its vital security duties and thus give aid and comfort to the very communists whom the bill is supposed to control.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “To impose these fruitless burdens upon the FBI would divert it from its vital security duties and thus give aid and…”
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Veto of the Internal Security Bill.
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