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Harry Truman: This provision does not require an evil intent or purpose on the part of the alien, as does a similar provision in the…

On the recordSeptember 21, 1950
This provision does not require an evil intent or purpose on the part of the alien, as does a similar provision in the Smith Act.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Veto of the Internal Security Bill.

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