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Harry Truman: If you will just sit down and analyze the situation, the present rate of increase will be 49 million people, veterans or…

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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