On the recordMay 4, 1952
Insurance is especially important under present circumstances when our system of protection against floods is so incomplete.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “Insurance is especially important under present circumstances when our system of protection against floods is so…”
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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Proposed Legislation on a National System of flood Disaster Insurance.
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