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Harry Truman: We can do this best by holding the cost of living stable, by preventing profiteering by anyone, and by paying for our…

On the recordApril 25, 1951
We can do this best by holding the cost of living stable, by preventing profiteering by anyone, and by paying for our military needs through higher taxes.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Recommending Extension and Broadening of the Defense Production Act.

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