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Harry Truman: I AM SIGNING Senate Joint Resolution 167 with a sense of deep disappointment that the Congress has seen fit to take such…

On the recordDecember 27, 1947
I AM SIGNING Senate Joint Resolution 167 with a sense of deep disappointment that the Congress has seen fit to take such feeble steps toward the control of inflation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Statement on the Resolution Enacted in Response to the President's Message of November 17.

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