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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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