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Harry Truman: “To keep power rates down, the Government has built many transmission lines to load centers and, in most instances, has…”

On the recordJune 10, 1951
To keep power rates down, the Government has built many transmission lines to load centers and, in most instances, has served preference customers directly over its own transmission facilities.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Senator Hayden on the Effect of Certain House Amendments on Hydroelectric Power Policy.

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