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Harry Truman: “Such an attitude is manifestly inimical to the vitality of our free enterprise system, the maintenance of which becomes…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1951
Such an attitude is manifestly inimical to the vitality of our free enterprise system, the maintenance of which becomes a matter of increasing concern in view of its importance to the continued strength of the free nations.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Relating to the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association.

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