Harry Truman: “The denial of self-government does not befit the national capital of…”

On the recordApril 30, 1952

The denial of self-government does not befit the national capital of the world's largest and most powerful democracy.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 5 of 1952.

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Harry Truman: “The denial of self-government does not befit the national capital of the world's largest and most powerful democracy.”