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Harry Truman: I repeat, the net result of this bill would be to help the communists, not to hurt them.

On the recordSeptember 21, 1950
I repeat, the net result of this bill would be to help the communists, not to hurt them.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Veto of the Internal Security Bill.

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