Harry Truman: “I recommend, therefore, that its statutory authority be extended…”

On the recordMay 1, 1946

I recommend, therefore, that its statutory authority be extended beyond the present expiration date of January 22, 1947.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Corporation Supplement to the Budget for 1947.

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Harry Truman: “I recommend, therefore, that its statutory authority be extended beyond the present expiration date of January 22, 1947.”