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On the recordJuly 31, 1950
We cannot afford to bog down or delay in enacting what is needed at once, and supplementary provisions should be added only if they do not prolong consideration or delay action in either House.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to Committee Chairmen on the Defense Production Bill.

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