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Harry Truman: The real estate lobby took a good licking, for once, and you people here had a lot to do with it.

On the recordMay 5, 1952
The real estate lobby took a good licking, for once, and you people here had a lot to do with it.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at the 21st Annual Banquet of the National Housing Conference.

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