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Harry Truman: “I hope that this legislation will be enacted into law immediately.”

On the recordJanuary 5, 1949
I hope that this legislation will be enacted into law immediately.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Urging Pay Increases for Federal Executives.

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