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On the recordFebruary 12, 1947
Mr. Lilienthal is fully and thoroughly equipped for the position to which I appointed him, and I shall stay with him straight through.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.

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