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Harry Truman: “It is far too late in the fight against inflation, however, to place our main reliance upon voluntary action.”

On the recordDecember 27, 1947
It is far too late in the fight against inflation, however, to place our main reliance upon voluntary action.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Statement on the Resolution Enacted in Response to the President's Message of November 17.

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