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Harry Truman: This Congress will not listen to those who want to tax cooperatives out of existence.

On the recordSeptember 4, 1949
This Congress will not listen to those who want to tax cooperatives out of existence.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Labor Day Address in Des Moines at the Convention of the American Veterans of World War II.

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