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Harry Truman: We can lift our total annual output from the current level of about 340 billion dollars to nearly 100 billion dollars…

On the recordJuly 18, 1952
We can lift our total annual output from the current level of about 340 billion dollars to nearly 100 billion dollars higher--in real terms.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report

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