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Harry Truman: The Republicans said they are for social security, but when they had the power and the Congress, they took social…

On the recordOctober 22, 1948
The Republicans said they are for social security, but when they had the power and the Congress, they took social security away from a million people that had it.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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