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Harry Truman: It does not seem to me to be desirable or necessary to enact a bill of this sweeping character in order to achieve…

On the recordOctober 28, 1949
It does not seem to me to be desirable or necessary to enact a bill of this sweeping character in order to achieve whatever corrective action may be needed to adapt the principle of aiding family-size farms to the particular conditions of the San Luis Valley project.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to the San Luis Valley Project, Colorado.

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