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On the recordMarch 12, 1950
It constitutes a further step in rebuilding and strengthening the Department of Labor to make it the central agency of the Government for dealing with labor problems.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 14 of 1950.

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