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On the recordApril 5, 1950
As is the case at present with respect to coverage, the Federal law should not prevent the States from exceeding the minimum standards if they wish to do so.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on the Unemployment Insurance System.

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