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Harry Truman: “I feel that the whole problem should be carefully studied in all its phases by a group of citizens equipped by…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1947
I feel that the whole problem should be carefully studied in all its phases by a group of citizens equipped by background and training to counsel the Government and assist it in formulating a program to strengthen our merchant marine.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to Members of the Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine.

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