Harry Truman: “I said then, and I repeat now, that in a democracy, this power should…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1947

I said then, and I repeat now, that in a democracy, this power should not rest with the Chief Executive.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Succession to the Presidency.

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