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On the recordMay 13, 1947
The Portal-to-Portal Act should end this uncertainty with respect to claims of still undetermined magnitude.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing the Portal-to-Portal Act.

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