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Harry Truman: “There can be no question but that the Philippine veteran is entitled to benefits bearing a reasonable relation to those…”

On the recordMay 17, 1946
There can be no question but that the Philippine veteran is entitled to benefits bearing a reasonable relation to those received by the America veteran, with whom he fought side by side.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill on Philippine Veterans'

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