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Harry Truman: This disaster has had serious effects upon the economy of the Nation and on the mobilization program.

On the recordJuly 18, 1951
This disaster has had serious effects upon the economy of the Nation and on the mobilization program.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, on Federal Activities in the Flood Disaster Areas.

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