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On the recordJanuary 12, 1951
If you will just sit down and analyze the situation, the present rate of increase will be 49 million people, veterans or dependents, inside the next 3 or 4 years.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference on the Budget

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